Molecular genetics of autism

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Cantor, Rita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CNTNAP2; PROTEIN NLGN4; PROTEIN NRXN1; PROTEIN SHANK3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTISM; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 63549113237     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0021-1     Document Type: Review

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