Intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms of engrailed homeobox 2 modulate the disease vulnerability of autism in a han chinese population

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-115

  Yang, Pinchen ^a,b   Shu, Bih Ching ^d   Hallmayer, Joachim Franz ^g   Lung, For Wey ^a,c,e,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Calo Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Engrailed homeobox 2; Haplotype; Population, Han Chinese; Single nucleotide polymorphisms, intronic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING SITE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOBOX 2 GENE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

EID: 77952966410     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315441     Document Type: Article

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