Genomic and epigenetic evidence for oxytocin receptor deficiency in autism.

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Published in BMC Med on October 22, 2009

Authors

Simon G Gregory1, Jessica J Connelly, Aaron J Towers, Jessica Johnson, Dhani Biscocho, Christina A Markunas, Carla Lintas, Ruth K Abramson, Harry H Wright, Peter Ellis, Cordelia F Langford, Gordon Worley, G Robert Delong, Susan K Murphy, Michael L Cuccaro, Antonello Persico, Margaret A Pericak-Vance

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Center for Human Genetics, DUMC, Durham, NC, USA. simon.gregory@duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Brain Dynamics of Oxytocin | NCT01834261

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