No Association between Allelic Variants of HOXA1/HOXB1 and Autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 124 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-67

  Gallagher, Louise ^a   Hawi, Ziarih ^a   Kearney, Geraldine ^a   Fitzgerald, Michael ^a   Gill, Michael ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Association; Autism; Genetic; HOXA1; HOXB1

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GUANINE;

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HOMEOBOX; HOXA1 GENE; HOXB1 GENE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0347993123     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20094     Document Type: Article

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