Autism: Genetics;Autismo: Genética

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Gupta, Abha R ^a,b   State, Matthew W ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Autistic disorder; Cytogenetics; Genetics; Linkage (Genetics)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SLC6A4 GENE; TANDEM REPEAT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33745299784     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: 15164446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462006000500005     Document Type: Review

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