The search for autism disease genes

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-283

  Wassink, Thomas H ^a   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^b,c,d   Bartlett, Christopher W ^e   Szatmari, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cytogenetics; Genetics; Language; Linkage; Microarray

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 7; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CYTOGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 13444253708     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20041     Document Type: Review

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