The theory of an agnosic right shift gene in schizophrenia and autism

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agnosic mutant; Autism; Right shift theory; RS+ gene; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDER; THEORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032860441     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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