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SERT Ileu425Val in autism, Asperger syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Feb 2008
Wendland Jens R, DeGuzman Theresa B, McMahon Francis, Rudnick Gary, Detera-Wadleigh Sevilla D, Murphy Dennis L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: SERT I425V, an uncommon missense single nucleotide polymorphism producing a gain-of-function of the serotonin transporter (SERT), was originally found to segregate with a primarily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) but complexly comorbid phenotype in two unrelated families. OBJECTIVE: As two individuals with SERT I425V and OCD also had Asperger syndrome (AS), an autism spectrum disorder, and as...
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