A linkage disequilibrium map of the 1-Mb 15q12 GABAA receptor subunit cluster and association to autism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 131 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-59

  McCauley, Jacob L ^a   Olson, Lana M ^a   Delahanty, Ryan ^a   Amin, Taneem ^a   Nurmi, Erika L ^b   Organ, Edward L ^a   Jacobs, Michelle M ^b   Folstein, Susan E ^c   Haines, Jonathan L ^a,b   Sutcliffe, James S ^a,b,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Autism; Haplotype; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; GABRA5 GENE; GABRB3 GENE; GABRG3 GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 7644221741     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30038     Document Type: Article

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