Support for linkage of autism and specific language impairment to 7q3 from two chromosome rearrangements involving band 7q31

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-234

  Warburton, Pamela ^a   Baird, Gillian ^a   Chen, Wai ^b   Morris, Kathleen ^c   Jacobs, Brian W ^b   Hodgson, Shirley ^a   Docherty, Zoe ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 7; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation mapping; Specific developmental disorders of speech and language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TWINS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034599736     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000403)96:2<228::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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