Genome-wide analysis identifies a role for common copy number variants in specific language impairment.

An exploratory genome-wide copy number variant (CNV) study was performed in 127 independent cases with specific language impairment (SLI), their first-degree relatives (385 individuals) and 269 population controls. Language-impaired cases showed an increased CNV burden in terms of the average number...

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Main Authors: Simpson, N, Ceroni, F, Reader, R, Covill, L, Knight, J, Hennessy, E, Bolton, P, Conti-Ramsden, G, O'Hare, A, Baird, G, Fisher, S, Newbury, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015