A large-scale screen for coding variants in SERT/SLC6A4 in autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Sakurai, Takeshi ^a   Reichert, Jennifer ^a   Hoffman, Ellen J ^a   Cai, Guiqing ^a   Jones, Hywel B ^b,c   Faham, Malek ^b   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c NextBio   (United States)

Author keywords

Rare variants; Resequencing; Rigid compulsive behavior; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPULSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650143800     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.30     Document Type: Article

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