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Association of the homeobox transcription factor, ENGRAILED 2, 3, with autism spectrum disorder.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 May 2004
Gharani N, Benayed R, Mancuso V, Brzustowicz L M, Millonig J H
Abstract excerpt
Mouse mutants of the homeobox transcription factor Engrailed2 (En2) and autistic individuals display similar cerebellar morphological abnormalities, which include hypoplasia and a decrease in the number of Purkinje cells. Human EN2 maps to 7q36, a chromosomal region that has demonstrated suggestive linkage to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To investigate EN2 for evidence of association with ASD, four...
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