Parent-child DRD4 genotype as a potential biomarker for oppositional, anxiety, and repetitive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1208-1214

  Gadow, Kenneth D ^a   DeVincent, Carla J ^b   Pisarevskaya, Victoria ^a   Olvet, Doreen M ^c   Xu, Wenjie ^d   Mendell, Nancy R ^d   Finch, Stephen J ^d   Hatchwell, Eli ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; DRD4; Obsessions compulsions; Oppositional defiant disorder; Separation anxiety disorder; Tic disorder

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TIC; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TIC DISORDERS;

EID: 77956451549     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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