Association study of <it>SHANK3 </it>gene polymorphisms with autism in Chinese Han population

• Main Authors: Ruan Yan (Author), Lu Tianlan (Author), Wang Lifang (Author), Jia Meixiang (Author), Qin Jian (Author), Liu Jing (Author), Guo Yanqing (Author), Zhang Jishui (Author), Yang Xiaoling (Author), Yue Weihua (Author), Zhang Dai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Autism, a heterogeneous disease, is described as a genetic psychiatry disorder. Recently, abnormalities at the synapse are supposed to be important for the etiology of autism.<it>SHANK</it>3 (SH3 and multiple ankyrin repe...