No association between the WNT2 gene and autistic disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 106-109

  McCoy, Pinky A ^a   Shao, Yujun ^a   Wolpert, Chantelle M ^a   Donnelly, Shannon L ^a   Ashley Koch, Allison ^a   Abel, Heidi L ^a   Ravan, Sarah A ^b   Abramson, Ruth K ^b   Wright, Harry H ^b   DeLong, G Robert ^a   Cuccaro, Michael L ^b   Gilbert, John R ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Autistic disorder; WNT2

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 70350211299     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10182     Document Type: Article

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