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Family-based and population study of a functional promoter-region monoamine oxidase A polymorphism in autism: possible association with IQ.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Apr 2002
Yirmiya Nurit, Pilowsky Tammy, Tidhar Sigal, Nemanov Lubov, Altmark Larissa, Ebstein Richard P
Abstract excerpt
Although the etiology of autism remains to be elucidated, genetic elements significantly contribute to this disorder, and genes on the X chromosome are of special interest because there is a 4:1 predominance of male probands in autism. In the current study, we therefore examined, using the robust transmission disequilibrium test (TDT), possible preferential transmission of variants of a functional monoamine...
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