Article
Family-based association study of DYX1C1 variants in autism.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2005
Ylisaukko-Oja Tero, Peyrard-Janvid Myriam, Lindgren Cecilia M, Rehnström Karola, Vanhala Raija, Peltonen Leena, Järvelä Irma, Kere Juha
Abstract excerpt
DYX1C1: was recently identified as a candidate gene for developmental dyslexia, which is characterized by an unexpected difficulty in learning to read and write despite adequate intelligence, motivation, and education. It will be important to clarify, whether the phenotype caused by DYX1C1 extends to other language-related or comorbid disorders. Impaired language development is one of the essential features in...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autistic Disorder
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Nuclear Proteins
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
