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An integrated meta-analysis of two variants in HOXA1/HOXB1 and their effect on the risk of autism spectrum disorders.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Song Ran-Ran, Zou Li, Zhong Rong, Zheng Xia-Wen, Zhu Bei-Bei, Chen Wei, Liu Li, Miao Xiao-Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HOXA1 and HOXB1 have been strongly posed as candidate genes for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) given their important role in the development of hindbrain. The A218G (rs10951154) in HOXA1 and the insertion variant in HOXB1 (nINS/INS, rs72338773) were of special interest for ASD but with inconclusive results. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis integrating case-control and transmission/disequilibrium...
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