SNPs, microarrays and pooled DNA: Identification of four loci associated with mild mental impairment in a sample of 6000 children

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1315-1325

  Butcher, Lee M ^a   Meaburn, Emma ^a   Knight, Jo ^a   Sham, Pak C ^a   Schalkwyk, Leonard C ^a   Craig, Ian W ^a   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; DNA; PROTEIN KLF7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHILD; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 19944398817     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi142     Document Type: Article

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