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Association study of the 15q11-q13 maternal expression domain in Japanese autistic patients.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Oct 2008
Kato Chieko, Tochigi Mamoru, Ohashi Jun, Koishi Shinko, Kawakubo Yuki, Yamamoto Kenji, Matsumoto Hideo, Hashimoto Ohiko, Kim Soo-Yung, Watanabe Keiichiro, Kano Yukiko, Nanba Eiji, Kato Nobumasa, Sasaki Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome 15q11-q13 has been a focus of genetic studies of autism susceptibility, because cytogenetic abnormalities are frequently observed in this region in autistic patients. An imprinted, maternally expressed gene within the region may have a role in autistic symptomatology. In the present study, we investigated the association between autism and the maternal expression domain (MED) in the region, containing...
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