Chromosomal fragility in a behavioral disorder

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 397-412

  Arrieta, Isabel ^a   Núñez, Teresa ^a   Martínez, Begoña ^a   Pérez, Arantza ^a   Télez, Mercedes ^a   Criado, Begoña ^b   Gainza, Itziar ^a   Lostao, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Autism; Fragile sites; Pooled data; Single individual data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS;

EID: 0036852586     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020876010236     Document Type: Article

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