Reelin gene variants and risk of autism spectrum disorders: An integrated meta-analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 192-200

  Wang, Zhenling ^a   Hong, Yuan ^b   Zou, Li ^a   Zhong, Rong ^a   Zhu, Beibei ^a   Shen, Na ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Lou, Jiao ^a   Ke, Juntao ^a   Zhang, Ti ^a   Wang, Weipeng ^b   Miao, Xiaoping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

ASD; Epidemiology; Genetics; Polymorphism; RELN gene

Indexed keywords

REELIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REELIN GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; RELN GENE;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84893510629     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32222     Document Type: Article

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