Editorial: Copy number variation in Tourette syndrome: Another case of neurodevelopmental generalist genes?

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1564-1565

  Scharf, Jeremiah M ^a   Mathews, Carol A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EDITORIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIBLING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE;

DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 77952544476     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e24161     Document Type: Editorial

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