Mutation screening of melatonin-related genes in patients with autism spectrum disorders

• Main Authors: Thuresson Kent (Author), Landén Mikael (Author), Pedersen Christin (Author), Bremer Anna (Author), Ljunggren Elin (Author), Jonsson Lina (Author), Giacobini MaiBritt (Author), Melke Jonas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One consistent finding in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a decreased level of the pineal gland hormone melatonin and it has recently been demonstrated that this decrease to a large extent is due to low activity of the acetylserot...