Analysis of CHRNA7 rare variants in autism spectrum disorder susceptibility

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 715-723

  Bacchelli, Elena ^a   Battaglia, Agatino ^b   Cameli, Cinzia ^a   Lomartire, Silvia ^a   Tancredi, Raffaella ^b   Thomson, Susanne ^c   Sutcliffe, James S ^c   Maestrini, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

15q13.3; Copy number variants; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Sequence variants

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHRNA7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHRFAM7A GENE; CHRNA7 GENE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84925726856     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36847     Document Type: Article

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