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5-HTTLPR variants not associated with autistic spectrum disorders.
Neurogenetics - 1 Apr 1999
Zhong N, Ye L, Ju W, Brown W T, Tsiouris J, Cohen I
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether there is an association of polymorphic variants of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and autistic spectrum disorders, we analyzed the 5-HTTLPR genotypes of 72 autistic subjects, 11 fragile X syndrome patients with autistic behavior, 43 normal subjects, and 49 fragile X syndrome non-autistic subjects. The distribution frequency of 5-HTTLPR long allele...
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