Association analysis of the NrCAM gene in autism and in subsets of families with severe obsessive-compulsive or self-stimulatory behaviors

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Sakurai, Takeshi ^a   Ramoz, Nicolas ^a,b   Reichert, Jennifer G ^a   Corwin, Thomas E ^a   Kryzak, Lauren ^a   Smith, Christopher J ^a   Silverman, Jeremy M ^a   Hollander, Eric ^a   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

7q31; Autism disorder; AUTS1; Behaviors; Brain; Cell adhesion molecule; Drug addiction; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NRCAM GENE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COHORT STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33751027533     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ypg.0000242196.81891.c9     Document Type: Article

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