Angelman syndrome: Advancing the research frontier of neurodevelopmental disorders

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Philpot, Benjamin D ^a,b   Thompson, Coral E ^b   Franco, Lisa ^b   Williams, Charles A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Angelman Syndrome Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity regulated genes; Angelman syndrome; Autism; Synapse; UBE3A; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957548222     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-010-9066-z     Document Type: Article

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