Replication of linkage at chromosome 20p13 and identification of suggestive sex-differential risk loci for autism spectrum disorder

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Werling, Donna M ^a   Lowe, Jennifer K ^b,c   Luo, Rui ^b   Cantor, Rita M ^b,c   Geschwind, Daniel H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AGRE; Association; Intermediate phenotype; Linkage analysis; Male brain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 20P13; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84895925000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-13     Document Type: Article

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