Family-based studies indicate association of Engrailed 2 gene with autism in an Indian population

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-255

  Sen, B ^a   Surindro Singh, A ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Ahmed, S ^b   Ghosh, S ^c   Usha, R ^a  

^a Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped   (India)

^b Assam Autism Foundation   (India)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; HHRR; Linkage disequilibrium; Neurodevelopment; TDT

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED 2; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA EXTRACTION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRON; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA; EXONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCYTES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

MUS;

EID: 77949422453     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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