The oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 640-646

  LoParo, D ^a   Waldman, I D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84929133189     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.77     Document Type: Article

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