A review of the evidence for the canonical Wnt pathway in autism spectrum disorders.

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Published in Mol Autism on October 19, 2012

Authors

Hans Otto Kalkman1

Author Affiliations

1: Neuroscience Department, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Building 386-14,22,15, Basel, CH 4002, Switzerland. hans.kalkman@novartis.com.

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