The genetics of reading disability

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Petryshen, Tracey L ^a   Pauls, David L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DYSLEXIA SUSCEPTIBILITY 1 CANDIDATE 1 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN C2ORF3; PROTEIN DCDC2; PROTEIN DYX1; PROTEIN DYX1C1; PROTEIN DYX2; PROTEIN DYX3; PROTEIN DYX4; PROTEIN DYX5; PROTEIN DYX6; PROTEIN DYX7; PROTEIN DYX8; PROTEIN DYX9; PROTEIN KIAA0319; PROTEIN MRPL19; PROTEIN ROBO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME XQ; DYSLEXIA; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DYSLEXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS);

EID: 63549129928     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0023-z     Document Type: Review

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