Association of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) in Caucasian children and adolescents with autism
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Acknowledgments
The authors are especially grateful to the families who participated in the study. Kathy Hennessy provided expert technical assistance and Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele provided assistance with statistical programs. This work was supported, in part, by NIH U19 HD35482 (E.C., C.L.), R01 MH066496 (C.L.), 5T32MH7631 (S.J.), the Jean Young and Walden W. Shaw Foundation, the Harris Foundation (C.W.B.), and the Children's Brain Research Foundation (E.C.).
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