Finding specific genes that cause autism: A combination of approaches will be needed to maximize power

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-445

  Folstein, Susan E ^a,c   Bisson, Erica ^a   Santangelo, Susan L ^a   Piven, Joseph ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely discordant sibling pairs; Genetic linkage; Genetic methods; Sib pair analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; FAMILY STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; FAMILY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032461804     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026008606672     Document Type: Review

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