Genome-wide scan for loci of Asperger syndrome

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Ylisaukko Oja, T ^a,b   Nieminen Von Wendt, T ^c   Kempas, E ^a,b   Sarenius, S ^c   Varilo, T ^a   Von Wendt, L ^c   Peltonen, L ^a,b   Jarvela I ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Bipolar disorder; Genome wide scan; Linkage analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 1542284670     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001385     Document Type: Article

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