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Irina Astrovskaya

Publications -  4
Citations -  423

Irina Astrovskaya is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism & Autism spectrum disorder. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 241 citations.

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SPARK: A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research

Pamela Feliciano, +209 more
- 07 Feb 2018 - 
TL;DR: The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers.
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Exome sequencing of 457 autism families recruited online provides evidence for novel ASD genes

TL;DR: A pilot study for SPARK identified variants in genes and loci that are clinically recognized causes or significant contributors to ASD in 10.4% of families without previous genetic findings and provides statistical support for 34 ASD risk genes with at least one damaging variant identified in SPARK.