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Serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism and autism: a family-based genetic association study in Japanese population.
Brain & development - 1 May 2006
Koishi Shinko, Yamamoto Kenji, Matsumoto Hideo, Koishi Seiji, Enseki Youichi, Oya Akitoshi, Asakura Arata, Aoki Yutaka, Atsumi Mariko, Iga Tomiei, Inomata Jyoji, Inoko Hidetoshi, Sasaki Tsukasa, Nanba Eiji, Kato Nobumasa, Ishii Tetsuo, Yamazaki Kosuke
Abstract excerpt
Autism is now widely accepted as a biological disorder which, by and large, starts before birth. It has been shown that serotonin (5-HT) is associated with several psychological processes and hyperserotoninemia is observed in some autistic patients. The results of previous reports about family-based association studies between the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene promoter polymorphism and autism are...
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