Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability

Alistair T Pagnamenta (1) , Hameed Khan (2) , Susan Walker (2) , Dianne Gerrelli (3) , Kirsty Wing (4) , Maria Clara Bonaglia (5) , Roberto Giorda (5) , Tom Berney (6) , Elisa Mani (7) , Massimo Molteni (7) , Dalila Pinto (2) , Ann Le Couteur (6) , Joachim Hallmayer (8) , James S Sutcliffe (9) , Peter Szatmari (10) , Andrew D Paterson (2) , Stephen W Scherer (2) , Veronica J Vieland (11) , Anthony P Monaco (1)

1 AOPP - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford]
2 The Centre for Applied Genomics, Toronto
3 UCL Institute of Child Health
4 University of Oxford
5 Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute
6 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
7 Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute
8 Stanford School of Medicine [Stanford]
9 Vanderbilt University [Nashville]
10 McMaster University [Hamilton, Ontario]
11 Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine

Mots clés: Molecular genetics; Neurology

Alistair T Pagnamenta, Hameed Khan, Susan Walker, Dianne Gerrelli, Kirsty Wing, et al.. Rare familial 16q21 microdeletions under a linkage peak implicate cadherin 8 (CDH8) in susceptibility to autism and learning disability. Journal of Medical Genetics, 2010, 48 (1), pp.48. ⟨10.1136/jmg.2010.079426⟩. ⟨hal-00579028⟩