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Genome-wide copy number scan identifies disruption of PCDH11X in developmental dyslexia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Veerappa Avinash M, Saldanha Marita, Padakannaya Prakash, Ramachandra Nallur B
Abstract excerpt
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a complex heritable disorder with unexpected difficulty in learning to read and spell despite adequate intelligence, education, environment, and normal senses. We performed a whole genome copy number variations (CNV) scan on 11 dyslexic families consisting of 14 dyslexic subjects and 24 non dyslexic members using 1.8 million combined SNP and CNV markers. We found CNVs affecting...
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