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Evidence for sex-specific risk alleles in autism spectrum disorder.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2004
Stone Jennifer L, Merriman Barry, Cantor Rita M, Yonan Amanda L, Gilliam T Conrad, Geschwind Daniel H, Nelson Stanley F
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the genetic aspects of the large sex bias in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder by monitoring changes in linkage when the family set for an affected sibling pair genome scan is subdivided on the basis of the sex of affected children. This produces a significant excess in t...
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