Oligogenic heterozygosity in individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3366-3375

  Schaaf, Christian P ^a   Sabo, Aniko ^a   Sakai, Yasunari ^a,b   Crosby, Jacy ^c   Muzny, Donna ^a   Hawes, Alicia ^a   Lewis, Lora ^a   Akbar, Humeira ^a   Varghese, Robin ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ^c   Gibbs, Richard A ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a,b,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; TUBERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CACNA 1C GENE; CDKL 5 GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOXA 1 GENE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOGENIC HETEROZYGOSITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHANK 3 GENE; TSC 1 GENE; TSC 2 GENE; UBE 3A GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 80051674258     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr243     Document Type: Article

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