Ordered-subset analysis of savant skills in autism for 15q11-q13

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 135 B, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-41

  Ma, D Q ^a   Jaworski, J ^a   Menold, M M ^a   Donnelly, S ^a   Abramson, R K ^b   Wright, H H ^b   Delong, G R ^a   Gilbert, J R ^a   Pericak Vance, M A ^a   Cuccaro, Michael L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Genetics; Linkage; Phenotype; Subsetting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; FAMILY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORDERED SUBSET ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANT SKILL; SAVANT SKILL FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 20244367912     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30166     Document Type: Article

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