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Enhanced activity of human serotonin transporter variants associated with autism.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Jan 2009
Prasad Harish C, Steiner Jennifer A, Sutcliffe James S, Blakely Randy D
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Rare, functional, non-synonymous variants in the human serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) transporter (hSERT) gene (SLC6A4) have been identified in both autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Within autism, rare hSERT coding variants associate with rigid-compulsive traits, suggesting...
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