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Association of reading disability on chromosome 6p22 in the Afrikaner population.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Oct 2008
Platko Jill V, Wood Frank B, Pelser Izelda, Meyer Marianne, Gericke George S, O'Rourke Julia, Birns Julie, Purcell Shaun, Pauls David L
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis of reading disability (RD) has long been established through family and twin studies. More recently genetic linkage studies have identified genomic regions that appear to harbor susceptibility genes for RD. Association studies have been shown to have greater power for detecting genes of modest effect, particularly in genetically isolated populations. Hence, a case control study of RD was...
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