Evidence for the involvement of genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) in the etiology of autistic disorders on high-functioning level

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 629-639

  Wermter, Anne Kathrin ^a   Kamp Becker, Inge ^a   Hesse, Philipp ^a   Schulte Körne, Gerd ^a,b   Strauch, Konstantin ^a   Remschmidt, Helmut ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Association; Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Transmission disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77349094557     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31032     Document Type: Article

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