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Analysis of the autism chromosome 2 linkage region: GAD1 and other candidate genes.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Dec 2004
Rabionet Raquel, Jaworski James M, Ashley-Koch Allison E, Martin Eden R, Sutcliffe James S, Haines Jonathan L, Delong G Robert, Abramson Ruth K, Wright Harry H, Cuccaro Michael L, Gilbert John R, Pericak-Vance Margaret A
Abstract excerpt
Autism has a strong and complex genetic component, involving several genes. Genomic screens, including our own, have shown suggestive evidence for linkage over a 20-30 cM region on chromosome 2q31-q33. Two subsequent reports showed that the linkage evidence increased in the subset of families with phrase speech delay (PSD), defined as onset of phrase speech later than 3 years of age. To further investigate the...
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