Autism spectrum and obsessive-compulsive disorders: OC behaviors, phenotypes and genetics

Autism Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 293-311

  Jacob, Suma ^a   Landeros Weisenberger, Angeli ^b   Leckman, James F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; RAPAMYCIN; SEROTONIN 2B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 74249085453     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.108     Document Type: Review

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