Association of MεT with social and communication phenotypes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Campbell, Daniel B ^a,b,c   Warren, Dana ^b   Sutcliffe, James S ^b,d   Lee, Evon Batey ^a,b   Levitt, Pat ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; Hepatocyte growth factor; HGF; SRS

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPERIUM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRATIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77349103462     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30998     Document Type: Article

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