Contribution of rare and common variants to intellectual disability in a sub-isolate of Northern Finland

Various types of genetic variation contribute to the etiology of intellectual disability (ID). Here, the authors study a cohort of ID patients enriched for mild ID from Finland, to investigate contributions of rare and common variants associated with ID of different levels of severity.

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Main Authors: Mitja I. Kurki, Elmo Saarentaus, Olli Pietiläinen, Padhraig Gormley, Dennis Lal, Sini Kerminen, Minna Torniainen-Holm, Eija Hämäläinen, Elisa Rahikkala, Riikka Keski-Filppula, Merja Rauhala, Satu Korpi-Heikkilä, Jonna Komulainen–Ebrahim, Heli Helander, Päivi Vieira, Minna Männikkö, Markku Peltonen, Aki S. Havulinna, Veikko Salomaa, Matti Pirinen, Jaana Suvisaari, Jukka S. Moilanen, Jarmo Körkkö, Outi Kuismin, Mark J. Daly, Aarno Palotie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08262-y