Molecular Autism


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Candidate gene study of HOXB1 in autism spectrum disorder

Lucia A Muscarella1,10, Vito Guarnieri1, Roberto Sacco2,3, Paolo Curatolo4, Barbara Manzi4, Riccardo Alessandrelli4, Grazia Giana4, Roberto Militerni5, Carmela Bravaccio6, Carlo Lenti7, Monica Saccani7, Cindy Schneider8, Raun Melmed9, Leonardo D'Agruma1,9* and Antonio M Persico2,3*

Author Affiliations

1 Medical Genetics Service, IRCCS 'Casa Sollievo dalla Sofferenza', San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy

2 Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Neurogenetics, University 'Campus Bio-Medico', Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, I-00128 Rome, Italy

3 Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry and Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Experimental Neurosciences, IRCCS 'Fondazione Santa Lucia', Rome, Italy

4 Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy

5 Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, II University of Naples, Italy

6 Department of Pediatrics, University 'Federico II', Naples, Italy

7 Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

8 Center for Autism Research and Education, Phoenix, AZ, USA

9 Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA

10 Current Address: Laboratory of Oncology, IRCCS 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza', San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy

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Molecular Autism 2010, 1:9 doi:10.1186/2040-2392-1-9

Published: 25 May 2010

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Table S1: Sample sizes involved in the different studies reported here, distinguished by cases/control status and by ethnicity.

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