Genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene is associated with Asperger Syndrome

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Di Napoli, Agnese ^a   Warrier, Varun ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,b   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger Syndrome (AS); Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC); Haplotype analysis; Oxytocin receptor (OXTR)

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84908461377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-48     Document Type: Article

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