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Selected vitamin D metabolic gene variants and risk for autism spectrum disorder in the CHARGE Study.
Early human development - 1 Aug 2015
Schmidt Rebecca J, Hansen Robin L, Hartiala Jaana, Allayee Hooman, Sconberg Jaime L, Schmidt Linda C, Volk Heather E, Tassone Flora
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is essential for proper neurodevelopment and cognitive and behavioral function. We examined associations between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and common, functional polymorphisms in vitamin D pathways. METHODS: Children aged 24-60 months enrolled from 2003 to 2009 in the population-based CHARGE case-control study were evaluated clinically and confirmed to have ASD (n=474) or typical...
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