Association between autism and variants in the wingless-type MMTV integration site family member 2 (WNT2) gene

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Marui, Tetsuya ^a,b   Funatogawa, Ikuko ^c   Koishi, Shinko ^d   Yamamoto, Kenji ^e   Matsumoto, Hideo ^f   Hashimoto, Ohiko ^g   Jinde, Seiichiro ^a   Nishida, Hisami ^h   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^d   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a   Watanabe, Keiichiro ⁱ   Kano, Yukiko ⁱ   Kato, Nobumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Asunaro Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; Autistic disorder; Haplotype block; WNT2 gene

Indexed keywords

WNT2 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 77953536291     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145709990903     Document Type: Article

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