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Sex-specific association of a common variant of the XG gene with autism spectrum disorders.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Oct 2013
Chang Shun-Chiao, Pauls David L, Lange Christoph, Sasanfar Roksana, Santangelo Susan L
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are much more common in males than in females. Studies using both linkage and candidate gene association approaches have identified genetic variants specific to families in which all affected cases were male, suggesting that sex may interact with or otherwise influence the expression of specific genes in association with ASD. In this study, we specifically evaluated the...
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