The comorbidity of autism with the genomic disorders of chromosome 15q11.2-q13

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-191

  Hogart, Amber ^a   Wu, David ^b   LaSalle, Janine M ^c   Schanen, N Carolyn ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Imprinting; Interstitial duplication chromosome 15; Isodicentric chromosome 15; Low copy repeats; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA3; NECDIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; HUMANS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 77951206469     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.08.011     Document Type: Review

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