High-density SNP association study of the 17q21 chromosomal region linked to autism identifies CACNA1G as a novel candidate gene

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 996-1005

  Strom, S P ^a   Stone, J L ^a   Ten Bosch, J R ^a   Merriman, B ^a   Cantor, R M ^a,b,c   Geschwind, D H ^a,b,c   Nelson, S F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

association; autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder; CACNA1G; chromosome 17q

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CACNA1G; CHROMOSOME 17Q; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GROUPS BY AGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957130837     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2009.41     Document Type: Article

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