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Association study of the SLC25A12 gene and autism in Han Chinese in Taiwan.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Feb 2010
Chien Wei-Hsien, Wu Yu-Yu, Gau Susan Shur-Fen, Huang Yu-Shu, Soong Wei-Tsen, Chiu Yen-Nan, Chen Chia-Hsiang
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PURPOSE: Autism is a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic component in its etiology. Several studies reported that the solute carrier family 25 member A12 (SLC25A12) gene was associated with autism. This study aimed to replicate this finding in a Han Chinese sample from Taiwan using a population-based case-control approach. METHODS: We genotyped two single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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