Disease susceptibility genes for autism

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 274-281

  Bespalova, Irina N ^a   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Linkage disequilibrium mapping; Susceptibility loci; Transmission disequilibrium test; Whole genome scan

Indexed keywords

ADA GENE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AVPR1A GENE; BAGRG3 GENE; COMPULSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EN2 GENE; GABRB3 GENE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GRIK2 GENE; HERITABILITY; HOXA 1 GENE; HOXB1 GENE; INHERITANCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NF1 GENE; ONCOGENE H RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELN GENE; SIBLING; SLC6A4 GENE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UBE3A GENE; WNT2 GENE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 0038389504     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890310005966     Document Type: Article

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