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Genetic Evidence for Possible Involvement of the Calcium Channel Gene CACNA1A in Autism Pathogenesis in Chinese Han Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Li Jun, You Yang, Yue Weihua, Jia Meixiang, Yu Hao, Lu Tianlan, Wu Zhiliu, Ruan Yanyan, Wang Lifang, Zhang Dai
Abstract excerpt
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent studies suggested that calcium channel genes might be involved in the genetic etiology of ASD. CACNA1A, encoding an alpha-1 subunit of voltage-gated calcium channel, has been reported to play an important role in neural development. Previous study detected that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in CACNA1A confers risk to ASD...
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