Association of oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene variants with multiple phenotype domains of autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-112

  Campbell, Daniel B ^a   Datta, Dibyadeep ^b   Jones, Shaine T ^b   Lee, Evon Batey ^c   Sutcliffe, James S ^b,c   Hammock, Elizabeth A D ^c   Levitt, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADI R; ADOS; Association; Autism; Oxytocin; SRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958073000     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-010-9071-2     Document Type: Article

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