Article
Exploratory subsetting of autism families based on savant skills improves evidence of genetic linkage to 15q11-q13.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Jul 2003
Nurmi Erika L, Dowd Michael, Tadevosyan-Leyfer Ovsanna, Haines Jonathan L, Folstein Susan E, Sutcliffe James S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Autism displays a remarkably high heritability but a complex genetic etiology. One approach to identifying susceptibility loci under these conditions is to define more homogeneous subsets of families on the basis of genetically relevant phenotypic or biological characteristics that vary from case to case. METHOD: The authors performed a principal components analysis, using items from the Autism...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
