Search for autism loci by combined analysis of Autism Genetic Resource Exchange and finnish families

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Ylisaukko Oja, Tero ^a   Alarcón, Maricela ^b,c,d   Cantor, Rita M ^d   Auranen, Mari ^a   Vanhala, Raija ^e   Kempas, Elli ^a   Von Wendt, Lennart ^e   Järvelä, Irma ^a,f   Geschwind, Daniel H ^b,c,d   Peltonen, Leena ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 5P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MASS SCREENING; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 29944441305     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20722     Document Type: Article

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