DCDC2 genetic variants and susceptibility to developmental dyslexia

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Marino, Cecilia ^a,c   Meng, Haiying ^d   Mascheretti, Sara ^b   Rusconi, Marianna ^a   Cope, Natalie ^d   Giorda, Roberto ^a   Molteni, Massimo ^a   Gruen, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

association study; DCDC2; developmental dyslexia; transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DCDC2 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRANSMISSION EQUILIBRIUM TEST; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DYSLEXIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84655169217     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32834acdb2     Document Type: Article

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