Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 polymorphisms and vulnerability to autism

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 754-760

  Loat, C S ^a   Curran, S ^a   Lewis, C M ^a,b   Duvall, J ^c   Geschwind, D ^c   Bolton, P ^a   Craig, I W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; MECP2; Polymorphisms; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 52949128317     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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