Analysis of the neuroligin 3 and 4 genes in autism and other neuropsychiatric patients [1]

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-332

  Yan, J ^a   Oliveira, G ^b   Coutinho, A ^c   Yang, C ^a   Feng, J ^a   Katz, C ^a   Sram, J ^a   Bockholt, A ^a   Jones, I R ^d   Craddock, N ^d   Cook Jr , E H ^e   Vicente, A ^c,f   Sommer, S S ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL PATIENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROLIGIN 3 GENE; NEUROLIGIN 4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; X CHROMOSOME; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 20144389549     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001629     Document Type: Letter

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