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Linkage and association analysis at the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) locus in a rigid-compulsive subset of autism.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 15 May 2004
McCauley J L, Olson L M, Dowd M, Amin T, Steele A, Blakely R D, Folstein S E, Haines J L, Sutcliffe J S
Abstract excerpt
Autism is a complex genetic neurodevelopmental disorder in which affected individuals display deficits in language, social relationships, and patterns of compulsive and stereotyped behaviors and rigidity. Linkage analysis in our dataset of 57 New England and 80 AGRE multiplex autism families reveals a multipoint heterogeneity LOD (HLOD) score of 2.74 at D17S1871 in 17q11.2. Analysis of phenotypic subsets shows an...
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