The female protective effect in autism spectrum disorder is not mediated by a single genetic locus Dr Meng-Chuan Lai

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gockley, Jake ^a   Willsey, A Jeremy ^a,b   Dong, Shan ^a,c   Dougherty, Joseph D ^d   Constantino, John N ^d   Sanders, Stephan J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Female protective effect; GWAS; Sex bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE PROTECTIVE EFFECT; GENDER BIAS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 85027920405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0014-3     Document Type: Article

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