Macrocephaly as a clinical indicator of genetic subtypes in autism

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Klein, Steven ^a   Sharifi Hannauer, Pantea ^a   Martinez Agosto, Julian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Hypotonia; Macrocephaly; Overgrowth; PTEN

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874097245     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1266     Document Type: Article

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