Quantitative linkage for autism spectrum disorders symptoms in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Significant locus on chromosome 7q11

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1671-1680

  Nijmeijer, Judith S ^a,f   Arias Vásquez, Alejandro ^b,c   Rommelse, Nanda N J ^b,c   Altink, Marieke E ^b,c   Buschgens, Cathelijne J M ^b,c   Fliers, Ellen A ^b,c,d   Franke, Barbara ^b,c   Minderaa, Ruud B ^a   Sergeant, Joseph A ^e   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b,c   Hoekstra, Pieter J ^a   Hartman, Catharina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; ASD; Comorbidity; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDREN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q35; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME 7P12; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q11; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ATTENTION; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84903748176     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2039-4     Document Type: Article

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