Serotonin transporter gene and autism: A haplotype analysis in an Irish autistic population

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 587-593

  Conroy, J ^a   Meally, E ^a   Kearney, G ^a   Fitzgerald, M ^a   Gill, M ^a   Gallagher, L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain development; Haplotypes; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Odds ratio; Serotonin transporter; Transmission disequilibrium testing

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; IRELAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRELAND; KARYOTYPING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 2342520299     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001459     Document Type: Article

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