Defining the autism minimum candidate gene region on chromosome 7

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 117 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-96

  Hutcheson, Holli B ^a   Bradford, Y ^a   Folstein, S E ^b   Gardiner, M B ^a   Santangelo, S L ^b,c   Sutcliffe, J S ^a   Haines, J L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Haplotype sharing; Microsatellite markers; Recombination breakpoint mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 7Q; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 0042823957     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10033     Document Type: Article

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