Gene × gene interaction in shared etiology of autism and specific language impairment

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 692-699

  Bartlett, Christopher W ^a   Flax, Judy F ^b   Fermano, Zena ^b   Hare, Abby ^b   Hou, Liping ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Buyske, Steven ^b   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; epistasis; gene gene interaction; heritability; shared etiology; specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866603657     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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