Advancing parental age and autism: Multifactorial pathways

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 118-125

  Lee, Brian K ^a   McGrath, John J ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal models; Autism; De novo mutations; Epidemiology; Parental age

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARENT;

ANIMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 84931201751     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: 1471499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.11.005     Document Type: Review

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