Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4781-4792

  Anney, Richard ^a   Klei, Lambertus ^b   Pinto, Dalila ^c,ad   Almeida, Joana ^d   Bacchelli, Elena ^e   Baird, Gillian ^f   Bolshakova, Nadia ^a   Bölte, Sven ^g   Bolton, Patrick F ^h   Bourgeron, Thomas ^i,j   Brennan, Sean ^a   Brian, Jessica ^k   Casey, Jillian ^l   Conroy, Judith ^l   Correia, Catarina ^m,n   Corsello, Christina ^o   Crawford, Emily L ^p   De jonge, Maretha ^r   Delorme, Richard ^s   Duketis, Eftichia ^g   Duque, Frederico ^d   Estes, Annette ^t   Farrar, Penny ^v   Fernandez, Bridget A ^w   Folstein, Susan E ^x   Fombonne, Eric ^y   Gilbert, John ^x   Gillberg, Christopher ^z   Glessner, Joseph T ^aa   Green, Andrew ^l   Green, Jonathan ^ab   Guter, Stephen J ^ac   Heron, Elizabeth A ^a   Holt, Richard ^v   Howe, Jennifer L ^c   Hughes, Gillian ^a   Hus, Vanessa ^o   Igliozzi, Roberta ⁿ   Jacob, Suma ^ac   Kenny, Graham P ^a   Kim, Cecilia ^aa   Kolevzon, Alexander ^ad   Kustanovich, Vlad ^ae   Lajonchere, Clara M ^ae   Lamb, Janine A ^ab   Law Smith, Miriam ^a   Leboyer, Marion ^af   Le couteur, Ann ^ag   Leventhal, Bennett L ^ah,ai   Liu, Xiao Qing ^aj   Lombard, Frances ^a   Lord, Catherine ^ak   Lotspeich, Linda ^al   Lund, Sabata C ^p   Magalhaes, Tiago R ^m,n   Mantoulan, Carine ^am   McDougle, Christopher J ^an,bl   Melhem, Nadine M ^b   Merikangas, Alison ^a   Minshew, Nancy J ^b   Mirza, Ghazala K ^v   Munson, Jeff ^u   Noakes, Carolyn ^k   Nygren, Gudrun ^z   Papanikolaou, Katerina ^ao   Pagnamenta, Alistair T ^v   Parrini, Barbara ^ap   Paton, Tara ^c   Pickles, Andrew ^ab   Posey, David J ^an   Poustka, Fritz ^g   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^v   Regan, Regina ^l   Roberts, Wendy ^k   Roeder, Kathryn ^aq   Roge, Bernadette ^am   Rutter, Michael L ^h   Schlitt, Sabine ^g   Shah, Naisha ^l   Sheffield, Val C ^ar   Soorya, Latha ^ad   Sousa, Inês ^v   Stoppioni, Vera ^as   Sykes, Nuala ^v   Tancredi, Raffaella ^ap   Thompson, Ann P ^at   Thomson, Susanne ^p   Tryfon, Ana ^ad   Tsiantis, John ^ao   Van Engeland, Herman ^r   Vincent, John B ^au   Volkmar, Fred ^av   Vorstman, J A S ^aw   Wallace, Simon ^be   Wing, Kirsty ^v   Wittemeyer, Kerstin ^be   Wood, Shawn ^b   Zurawiecki, Danielle ^ad   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^ax   Bailey, Anthony J ^ay   Battaglia, Agatino ^ap   Cantor, Rita M ^az   Coon, Hilary ^ba   Cuccaro, Michael L ^x   Dawson, Geraldine ^ae,bb   Ennis, Sean ^l   Freitag, Christine M ^g   Geschwind, Daniel H ^az   Haines, Jonathan L ^q   Klauck, Sabine M ^bc   Mcmahon, William M ^ba   Maestrini, Elena ^e   Miller, Judith ^aa,ba   Monaco, Anthony P ^v,bd   Nelson, Stanley F ^az   Nurnberger, John I ^an   Oliveira, Guiomar ^d   Parr, Jeremy R ^ag   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^x   Piven, Joseph ^bb   Schellenberg, Gerard D ^bf   Scherer, Stephen W ^c   Vicente, Astrid M ^m,n   Wassink, Thomas H ^ar   Wijsman, Ellen M ^t   Betancur, Catalina ^bh,bi,bj   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^ad   Cook, Edwin H ^ac   Gallagher, Louise ^a   Gill, Michael ^a   Hallmayer, Joachim ^al   Paterson, Andrew D ^c   Sutcliffe, James S ^p   Szatmari, Peter ^at   Vieland, Veronica J ^bk   Hakonarson, Hakon ^aa,bg   Devlin, Bernie ^b   more..

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^m INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^s HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^w MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^y MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^aa CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^ad MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae Autism Speaks Inc   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^ag NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ah NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^ai NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^ak WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^al STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^an INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ao AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^ap DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^aq CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^as S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^at MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^au UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^av YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^az UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bb UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bc GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^bd TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^be WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^bh INSERM   (France)

^bi Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^bj SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^bk OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bl MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CNTNAP2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MASSETER MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84867829870     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds301     Document Type: Article

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