A case report of two male siblings with autism and duplication of Xq13-q21, a region including three genes predisposing for autism

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 329-336

  Wentz, Elisabet ^a   Vujic, Mihailo ^b   Kärrstedt, Ewa Lotta ^b   Erlandsson, Anna ^b   Gillberg, Christopher ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Case report; Duplication of Xq13 q21; Microarray analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM;

ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME XQ13 XQ21; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FGFR2 GENE; FGFR3 GENE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SIBLING; TWIST1 GENE; X CHROMOSOME; ADULT; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TRISOMY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SIBLINGS; TRISOMY;

EID: 84901343443     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0455-1     Document Type: Article

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