Association of the ROBO1 gene with reading disabilities in a family-based analysis

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-438

  Tran, C ^a,b   Wigg, K G ^a   Zhang, K ^a   Cate Carter, T D ^c   Kerr, E ^c   Field, L L ^d   Kaplan, B J ^e   Lovett, M W ^c   Barr, C L ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Association; Dyslexia; Genetics; Reading disabilities; ROBO1

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; ENHANCER REGION; FAMILY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; READING; ROUNDABOUT HOMOLOG 1 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPELLING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; SIBLING;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84897960055     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12126     Document Type: Article

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