The ongoing dissection of the genetic architecture of autistic spectrum disorder

Molecular Autism

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gillis, Rob F ^a   Rouleau, Guy A ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIBLING;

EID: 84860278641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-2-12     Document Type: Review

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