Replication of the association of a MET variant with autism in a Chinese Han population.

Autism is a common, severe and highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder in children, affecting up to 100 children per 10,000. The MET gene has been regarded as a promising candidate gene for this disorder because it is located within a replicated linkage interval, is involved in pathways affecti...

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Main Authors: Xue Zhou, Yang Xu, Jia Wang, Hongbo Zhou, Xian Liu, Qasim Ayub, Xuelai Wang, Chris Tyler-Smith, Lijie Wu, Yali Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3217055?pdf=render