Reelin gene alleles and susceptibility to autism spectrum disorders

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1012-1017

  Zhang, H ^a   Liu, X ^a,b   Zhang, C ^a,b   Mundo, E ^c,e   Macciardi, F ^c,d,e   Grayson, D R ^f   Guidotti, A R ^f   Holden, J J A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ongwanada Resource Centre   (Canada)

^c CAMH   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affected sib pair method; Allelic association; Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Family based association test; Phenotype genotype correlation; Reelin; RELN

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; REELIN PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; REELIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIBLINGS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0036428852     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001124     Document Type: Article

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