The WNT2 gene polymorphism associated with speech delay inherent to autism

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1533-1540

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^f TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age of first phrase; Autism; Haplotype; Paternal age; WNT2 gene

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; WNT2 PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EN2 GENE; FEMALE; FOXP2 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WNT2 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATERNAL AGE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84860503081     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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