Letter to the editor: Do known mutations in neuroligin genes (NLGN3 and NLGN4) cause autism?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 735-736

  Talebizadeh, Zohreh ^a   Bittel, Douglas C ^a   Veatch, Olivia J ^b   Butler, Merlin G ^a   Takahashi, T Nicole ^b   Miles, Judith H ^b   Wang, Ching H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DNA FRAGMENT; NEUROLIGIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 3; NLGN4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AUTISM; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 16844373438     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-004-5295-x     Document Type: Letter

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