No Association between the APOE Gene and Autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 125 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Raiford, K L ^a   Shao, Y ^a   Allen, I C ^a   Martin, E R ^a   Menold, M M ^a   Wright, H H ^b   Abramson, R K ^b   Worley, G ^a   DeLong, G R ^a   Vance, J M ^a   Cuccaro, M L ^a   Gilbert, J R ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

APOE; Association; Autism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; MYELIN; REELIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 19P; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPY;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0942290689     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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