High-density SNP association study and copy number variation analysis of the AUTS1 and AUTS5 loci implicate the IMMP2L-DOCK4 gene region in autism susceptibility.

Autism spectrum disorders are a group of highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorders with a complex genetic etiology. The International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium previously identified linkage loci on chromosomes 7 and 2, termed AUTS1 and AUTS5, respectively. In this study, we pe...

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Main Authors: Maestrini, E, Pagnamenta, A, Lamb, J, Bacchelli, E, Sykes, N, Sousa, I, Toma, C, Barnby, G, Butler, H, Winchester, L, Scerri, T, Minopoli, F, Reichert, J, Cai, G, Buxbaum, J, Korvatska, O, Schellenberg, G, Dawson, G, de Bildt, A, Minderaa, R, Mulder, E, Morris, A, Bailey, A, Monaco, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010