Mutation screening of the UBE3A/E6-AP gene in autistic disorder

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-67

  Veenstra VanderWeele, J ^a   Gonen, D ^a   Leventhal, B L ^a   Cook Jr , E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Genetics; Mutation screen; Polymorphism; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0033006847     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000472     Document Type: Article

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