Association analysis of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the RELN gene with autism in the South African population

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Sharma, Jyoti Rajan ^a   Arieff, Zainunisha ^a   Gameeldien, Hajirah ^a   Davids, Muneera ^a   Kaur, Mandeep ^a,b   Van Der Merwe, Lize ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; REELIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHEEK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELN GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHILD; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84872833038     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0212     Document Type: Article

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