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Association of specific language impairment (SLI) to the region of 7q31.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2003
O'Brien Erin K, Zhang Xuyang, Nishimura Carla, Tomblin J Bruce, Murray Jeffrey C
Abstract excerpt
FOXP2 (forkhead box P2) was the first gene characterized in which a mutation affects human speech and language abilities. A common developmental language disorder, specific language impairment (SLI), affects 6%-7% of children with normal nonverbal intelligence and has evidence of a genetic basis in familial and twin studies. FOXP2 is located on chromosome 7q31, and studies of other disorders with speech and...
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