Polymorphisms in leucine-rich repeat genes are associated with autism spectrum disorder susceptibility in populations of European ancestry

Molecular Autism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sousa, In̂s ^a   Clark, Taane ^a,b   Holt, Richard ^a   Pagnamenta, Alistair ^a   Mulder, Erik ^c   Minderaa, Ruud ^c   Bailey, Anthony ^d   Battaglia, Agatino ^e   Klauck, Sabine ^f   Poustka, Fritz ^g   Monaco, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT NEURONAL 1 GENE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT NEURONAL 3 GENE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT TRANSMEMBRANE NEURONAL 3 GENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77954646843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-1-7     Document Type: Article

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