Defining the Contribution of CNTNAP2 to Autism Susceptibility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Sampath, Srirangan ^a   Bhat, Shambu ^a   Gupta, Simone ^a   O'Connor, Ashley ^a   West, Andrew B ^b   Arking, Dan E ^a   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CNTNAP2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERROR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; MENDELIAN ERROR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSMISSION DISEQUILIBRIUM TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885750845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077906     Document Type: Article

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