Global increases in both common and rare copy number load associated with autism

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2870-2880

  Girirajan, Santhosh ^a,b   Johnson, Rebecca L ^c,d   Tassone, Flora ^e,f   Balciuniene, Jorune ^c,d,h   Katiyar, Neerja ^b   Fox, Keolu ^a   Baker, Carl ^a   Srikanth, Abhinaya ^b   Yeoh, Kian Hui ^b   Khoo, Su Jen ^b   Nauth, Therese B ^c,d   Hansen, Robin ^e,f   Ritchie, Marylyn ^b   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^e   Eichler, Evan E ^a   Pessah, Isaac N ^e,g   Selleck, Scott B ^b,c,d  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cell Biology and Development   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEGMENTAL DUPLICATIONS, GENOMIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84879964832     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt136     Document Type: Article

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