Genetic Variants of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Are Linked to Autism: A Case-Control Study

• Negar Firouzabadi ,

  * E-mail: Firouzabadi@sums.ac.ir; nfirouzabadi@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

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• Nima Ghazanfari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nima Ghazanfari, Ali Alavi Shoushtari

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, International Branch, Shiraz, Iran

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• Ali Alavi Shoushtari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nima Ghazanfari, Ali Alavi Shoushtari

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Nasrallah Erfani ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Cancer Immunology Group, Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Farshid Fathi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Cancer Immunology Group, Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Mozhdeh Bazrafkan ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Ehsan Bahramali

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

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