Linkage and Association Analysis at the Serotonin Transporter (SLC6A4) Locus in a Rigid-Compulsive Subset of Autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 127 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 104-112

  McCauley, J L ^a   Olson, L M ^a   Dowd, M ^c   Amin, T ^a   Steele, A ^b   Blakely, R D ^b   Folstein, S E ^c   Haines, J L ^a,b   Sutcliffe, J S ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Haplotype; Linkage disequilibrium; Phenotypic subsetting

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 2142645125     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20151     Document Type: Article

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