Association of DISC1 with autism and Asperger syndrome

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-196

  Kilpinen, H ^a   Ylisaukko Oja, T ^a,b   Hennah, W ^a   Palo, O M ^a   Varilo, T ^a,b   Vanhala, R ^c   Nieminen Von Wendt, T ^c,d   Von Wendt, L ^c   Paunio, T ^a,e   Peltonen, L ^a,b,f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Finland; Linkage disequilibrium; Schizophrenia; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISC1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 38349191027     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002031     Document Type: Article

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