Association study in siblings and case-controls of serotonin- and oxytocin-related genes with high functioning autism

Johanna Nyffeler1, Susanne Walitza1,2, Elise Bobrowski3,1, Ronnie Gundelfinger1, Edna Grünblatt1,2
1University Clinics of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (UCCAP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
3Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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