Association study of the CNS patterning genes and autism in Han Chinese in Taiwan

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1512-1517

  Chien, Yi Ling ^a   Wu, Yu Yu ^b   Chiu, Yen Nan ^c   Liu, Shih Kai ^d   Tsai, Wen Che ^a   Lin, Ping I ^a   Chen, Chia Hsiang ^d,e,f   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,d,g   Chien, Wei Hsien ^h  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^f TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; EN2; FOXP2; SHANK3; WNT2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EN2 GENE; FEMALE; FOXP2 GENE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHANK GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; WNT2 GENE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TAIWAN; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 79960466733     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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