Could autism with mental retardation result from digenism and frequent de novo mutations?

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 3, 2009, Pages 1030-1036

  Moraine, Claude ^a,b   Bonnet Brilhault, Frédérique ^a,b,c   Laumonnier, Frédéric ^a   Gomot, Marie ^a  

^a CHRU de Tours   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Digenism; Fresh mutation; Genetics; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POINT MUTATION; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MENTAL RETARDATION; POINT MUTATION; TWINS;

EID: 77949526461     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970802627455     Document Type: Review

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