Variants in several genomic regions associated with asperger disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 303-310

  Salyakina, D ^a   Ma, D Q ^a   Jaworski, J M ^a   Konidari, I ^a   Whitehead, P L ^a   Henson, R ^a   Martinez, D ^a   Robinson, J L ^a   Sacharow, S ^a   Wright, H H ^b   Abramson, R K ^b   Gilbert, J R ^a   Cuccaro, M L ^a   Pericak Vance, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger; Genetics; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955698929     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.158     Document Type: Article

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