A high-density SNP genome-wide linkage scan in a large autism extended pedigree

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 590-600

  Allen Brady, K ^a,b   Miller, J ^a   Matsunami, N ^a   Stevens, J ^a   Block, H ^a   Farley, M ^a   Krasny, L ^a   Pingree, C ^a   Lainhart, J ^a   Leppert, M ^a   McMahon, W M ^a   Coon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Chromosome 20; Chromosome 3; Chromosome 7; Chromosome 9; Genome wide scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 66249097733     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.14     Document Type: Article

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