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No association of FOXP2 and PTPRZ1 on 7q31 with autism from the Japanese population.
Neuroscience research - 1 Sept 2005
Marui Tetsuya, Koishi Shinko, Funatogawa Ikuko, Yamamoto Kenji, Matsumoto Hideo, Hashimoto Ohiko, Nanba Eiji, Kato Chieko, Ishijima Michiko, Watanabe Keiichiro, Kasai Kiyoto, Kato Nobumasa, Sasaki Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
Autism is a child-onset pervasive developmental disorder, with a significant role of genetic factors in its development. Genome-wide linkage studies have suggested a 7q region as a susceptibility locus for autism. We investigated several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Forkhead Box P2 (FOXP2) and Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase, Receptor-type, Zeta-1 (PTPRZ1) at the 7q region in Japanese patients with...
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