A genome-wide search strategy for identifying quantitative trait loci involved in reading and spelling disability (developmental dyslexia)

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Fisher, Simon E ^a   Stein, John F ^b   Monaco, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelesharing; Developmental dyslexia; Quantitative trait locus; Semi automated genotyping; Sib pair studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPEECH DISORDER; TWINS;

EID: 0032756525     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00010694     Document Type: Article

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