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Association study of the commonly recognized breakpoints in chromosome 15q11-q13 in Japanese autistic patients.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Kato Chieko, Tochigi Mamoru, 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
OBJECTIVE: Chromosome 15q11-q13 has been proposed to harbor a gene for autism susceptibility because deletions of the region lead to Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome, whose phenotypes overlap with autism. These deletions generally occur with the use of three commonly recognized breakpoints (BP1, BP2, and BP3); therefore, it may be possible that genes located in the breakpoints are impaired and...
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