A unified theory of autism revisited: Linkage evidence points to chromosome X using a high-risk subset of AGRE families

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 47-52

  Allen Brady, Kristina ^a   Cannon, Dale ^a   Robison, Reid ^a   McMahon, William M ^a,b   Coon, Hilary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Chromosome Xp; Dominant model; Genetic linkage; Pedigree structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME XP; FAMILY; GENE DELETION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 77951559056     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.119     Document Type: Article

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