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Analysis of 9p24 and 11p12-13 regions in autism spectrum disorders: rs1340513 in the JMJD2C gene is associated with ASDs in Finnish sample.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jun 2010
Kantojärvi Katri, Onkamo Päivi, Vanhala Raija, Alen Reija, Hedman Minttu, Sajantila Antti, Nieminen-von Wendt Taina, Järvelä Irma
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OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often show obsessive repetitive symptoms that are characteristic to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Aberrant glutamate function has been suggested to a risk for both ASDs and OCD. Considering the common metabolic pathway and recent results from association studies both in OCD and ASDs, a question, whether there is common molecular background in ASDs and OCD, was...
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