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Intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms of engrailed homeobox 2 modulate the disease vulnerability of autism in a han chinese population.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2010
Yang Pinchen, Shu Bih-Ching, Hallmayer Joachim Franz, Lung For-Wey
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BACKGROUND: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic background that has been suggested to be associated with a susceptibility gene, engrailed homeobox 2(EN2), which maps to chromosome 7q36. Our study was aimed to explore the association between EN2 intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with autism in an ethnic Han Chinese population. METHODS: A total of 193 autism cases and 309...
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