Abstract
We have ascertained and examined a patient with autistic disorder (AD) and monosomy X (Turner syndrome). The patient met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)/International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) criteria for AD verified by the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised. The patient exhibited both social and verbal deficits and manifested the classical physical features associated with monosomy X. Skuse et al. [1997: Nature 387:705-708] reported three such cases of AD and monosomy X in their study of Turner syndrome and social cognition. They observed that monosomy X females with a maternally inherited X chromosome had reduced social cognition when compared with monosomy X females with a paternally inherited X chromosome. All three cases of AD and monosomy X were maternally inherited. Based on their data, they suggested that there was a gene for social cognition on the X chromosome that is imprinted and not expressed when the X chromosome is of maternal origin. Thus, we conducted parent-of-origin studies in our AD/monosomy X patient by genotyping X chromosome markers in the patient and her family. We found that the patient's X chromosome was of maternal origin. These findings represent the fourth documented case of maternal inheritance of AD and monosomy X and provide further support for the hypothesis that parent-of-origin of the X chromosome influences social cognition. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 312-316 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 12 2000 |
Keywords
- Autistic disorder
- Imprinting
- Social cognition
- Turner syndrome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics(clinical)
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Neuroscience(all)