Defining the contribution of CNTNAP2 to autism susceptibility.

Multiple lines of genetic evidence suggest a role for CNTNAP2 in autism. To assess its population impact we studied 2148 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) across the entire ~3.3 Mb CNTNAP2 locus in 186 (408 trios) multiplex and 323 simplex fam...

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Main Authors: Srirangan Sampath, Shambu Bhat, Simone Gupta, Ashley O'Connor, Andrew B West, Dan E Arking, Aravinda Chakravarti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3798378?pdf=render