Autism and the serotonin transporter: The long and short of it

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1110-1116

  Devlin, B ^a   Cook Jr , E H ^b   Coon, H ^c   Dawson, G ^d   Grigorenko, E L ^e   McMahon, W ^c   Minshew, N ^a   Pauls, D ^f   Smith, M ^g   Spence, M A ^g   Rodier, P M ^h   Stodgell, C ^h   Schellenberg, G D ^d,i   Bennett, Pamela ^j   Lainart, Janet ^j   Escamilla, Julienne ^k   Abbott, Robert ^d   Estes, Annette ^d   Munson, Jeffrey ^d   Yu, Chang En ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism; Autistic disorder; Genetic association; Heterogeneity; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 32444434874     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001724     Document Type: Article

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