Evidence of linkage between the serotonin transporter and autistic disorder

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-250

  Cook Jr , E H ^a   Courchesne, R ^b   Lord, C ^b   Cox, N J ^a   Van, S ^a   Lincoln, A ^b   Haas, R ^b   Courchesne, E ^b,c   Leventhal, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Infantile; Linkage; Linkage disequilibrium; Monoamines; Polymorphism; Promoter; Serotonin; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 8244234472     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000266     Document Type: Article

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