Sex-specific association of a common variant of the XG gene with autism spectrum disorders

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 742-750

  Chang, Shun Chiao ^a   Pauls, David L ^a,b,c   Lange, Christoph ^a,d,e,f   Sasanfar, Roksana ^b,c   Santangelo, Susan L ^a,b,c,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^g MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; GWAS; Pseudoautosomal; Sex specific

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; MYOSIN; MYOSIN XVI; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME YP; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AUTISM; GWAS; PSEUDOAUTOSOMAL; SEX-SPECIFIC;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84885819407     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32165     Document Type: Article

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