Serotonin transporter (5-HTT) and γ-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit β3 (GABRB3) gene polymorphisms are not associated with autism in the IMGSA families

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 492-496

  Maestrini, Elena ^a   Lai, Cecilia ^a   Marlow, Angela ^a   Matthews, Nicola ^b   Wallace, Simon ^b   Bailey, Anthony ^b   Cook, Edwin H ^c   Weeks, Daniel E ^a,d   Monaco, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid receptor; 15q11 q13; Association; Autism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033569931     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991015)88:5<492::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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