Male-to-male transmission in extended pedigrees with multiple cases of autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Hallmayer, Joachim ^a   Spiker, Donna ^a   Lotspeich, Linda ^a   McMahon, William M ^b   Petersen, P Brent ^c   Nicholas, Peter ^c   Pingree, Carmen ^c   Ciaranello, Roland D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Behavior Therapy Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Chromosome X; Extended pedigrees; Male to male transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029935737     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960216)67:1<13::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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