A Genomewide Screen of 345 Families for Autism-Susceptibility Loci

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 886-897

  Yonan, Amanda L ^a,b   Alarcón, Maricela ^d,e   Cheng, Rong ^b   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^b   Spence, Sarah J ^d,e   Palmer, Abraham A ^b   Grunn, Adina ^b   Juo, Suh Hang Hank ^a,b   Terwilliger, Joseph D ^a,b,c   Liu, Jianjun ^b,f   Cantor, Rita M ^e   Geschwind, Daniel H ^d,e   Gilliam, T Conrad ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0142059641     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378778     Document Type: Article

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