Allelic variants in HTR3C show association with autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-746

  Rehnström, Karola ^a,b   Ylisaukko Oja, Tero ^a,b   Nummela, Ilona ^b   Ellonen, Pekka ^a   Kempas, Elli ^a   Vanhala, Raija ^c   Von Wendt, Lennart ^c   Järvelä, Irma ^b,d   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b,e,f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Candidate gene study; Family based association study; Haplotype

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FINLAND; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HTR3C GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FAMILY; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3;

EID: 67649422307     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30882     Document Type: Article

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