Examination of AVPR1a as an autism susceptibility gene

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 968-972

  Wassink, T H ^a   Piven, J ^b   Vieland, V J ^a,c   Pietila, J ^a   Goedken, R J ^c   Folstein, S E ^d   Sheffield, V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Language; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Reciprocal social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AVPR1A GENE; EXON; FAMILY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444259204     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001503     Document Type: Article

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