Brief report: Non-random X chromosome inactivation in females with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 675-681

  Talebizadeh, Z ^a   Bittel, D C ^a   Veatch, O J ^a   Kibiryeva, N ^a   Butler, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AGRE; Autism; Females; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA; X (INACTIVE) SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST); X (INACTIVE)-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST);

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETT SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; X CHROMOSOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, UNTRANSLATED; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33644959298     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0011-z     Document Type: Article

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