Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Contribution of rare and common variants to intellectual disability in a sub-isolate of Northern Finland

  • Mitja I. Kurki,
  • Elmo Saarentaus,
  • Olli Pietiläinen,
  • Padhraig Gormley,
  • Dennis Lal,
  • Sini Kerminen,
  • Minna Torniainen-Holm,
  • Eija Hämäläinen,
  • Elisa Rahikkala,
  • Riikka Keski-Filppula,
  • Merja Rauhala,
  • Satu Korpi-Heikkilä,
  • Jonna Komulainen–Ebrahim,
  • Heli Helander,
  • Päivi Vieira,
  • Minna Männikkö,
  • Markku Peltonen,
  • Aki S. Havulinna,
  • Veikko Salomaa,
  • Matti Pirinen,
  • Jaana Suvisaari,
  • Jukka S. Moilanen,
  • Jarmo Körkkö,
  • Outi Kuismin,
  • Mark J. Daly,
  • Aarno Palotie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08262-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Various types of genetic variation contribute to the etiology of intellectual disability (ID). Here, the authors study a cohort of ID patients enriched for mild ID from Finland, to investigate contributions of rare and common variants associated with ID of different levels of severity.