DNA variants in the human RAB3A gene are not associated with autism

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-124

  D'Adamo, P ^a   Bacchelli, E ^b   Blasi, F ^b   Lipp, H P ^a   Toniolo, D ^c   Maestrini, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Human; Mouse; Mutation; Rab3a

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAB3A GENE;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RAB3A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642421731     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2003.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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