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Association study of the NF1 gene and autistic disorder.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Dec 1999
Mbarek O, Marouillat S, Martineau J, Barthélémy C, Müh J P, Andres C
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is increased about 150-fold in autistic patients. The aim of this study was to test for an association between the NF1 locus and autistic disorder. The allele distributions of three markers of the NF1 gene were studied in 85 autistic patients and 90 controls. No differences in allele distributions were observed. However, we found a new allele (allele 5) of the GXAlu marker in four...
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