Positive association of neuroligin-4 gene with nonspecific mental retardation in the Qinba Mountains Region of China

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Qi, Hongbin ^a,b   Xing, Lianxi ^b   Zhang, Kejin ^a,b   Gao, Xiaocai ^a,b   Zheng, Zijian ^a,b   Huang, Shaoping ^c   Guo, Yale ^c   Zhang, Fuchang ^a,b  

^a Institute of Population and Health   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association study; Neuroligin 4 gene; Nonspecific mental retardation; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 58849127320     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e3283088e54     Document Type: Article

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