Allelic variants of DYX1C1 are not associated with dyslexia in India

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Saviour, Pushpa ^a   Kumar, Satish ^b   Kiran, U ^b   Ravuri, Rajasekhara ^b   Rao, V ^b   Ramachandra, Nallur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b Southern Regional Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Chromosome; Dyslexia; DYX1C1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; DYX1C1 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 58849147913     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.45002     Document Type: Article

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