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A genome-wide search for alleles and haplotypes associated with autism and related pervasive developmental disorders on the Faroe Islands.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2006
Lauritsen M B, Als T D, Dahl H A, Flint T J, Wang A G, Vang M, Kruse T A, Ewald H, Mors O
Abstract excerpt
The involvement of genetic factors in the etiology of autism has been clearly established. We undertook a genome-wide search for regions containing susceptibility genes for autism in 12 subjects with childhood autism and related pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) and 44 controls from the relatively isolated population of the Faroe Islands. In total, 601 microsatellite markers distributed throughout the...
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