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The genetics of reading disability in an often excluded sample: novel loci suggested for reading disability in Rolandic epilepsy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Strug Lisa J, Addis Laura, Chiang Theodore, Baskurt Zeynep, Li Weili, Clarke Tara, Hardison Huntley, Kugler Steven L, Mandelbaum David E, Novotny Edward J, Wolf Steven M, Pal Deb K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Reading disability (RD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with genetic basis established in families segregating "pure" dyslexia. RD commonly occurs in neurodevelopmental disorders including Rolandic Epilepsy (RE), a complex genetic disorder. We performed genomewide linkage analysis of RD in RE families, testing the hypotheses that RD in RE families is genetically heterogenenous to pure...
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