The oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism rs2268491 and serum oxytocin alterations are indicative of autism spectrum disorder: A case-control paediatric study in Iraq with personalized medicine implications

• Zainab Al-Ali,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Kerbala Governorate, Iraq

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• Akeel Abed Yasseen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq

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• Arafat Al-Dujailli,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq

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• Ahmed Jafar Al-Karaqully,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Head of Psychiatric Department, Alhussain Teaching Hospital, Kerbala City, Kerbala Governorate, Iraq

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• Katherine Ann McAllister ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: k.mcallister@ulster.ac.uk

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2893-7706

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• Alaa Salah Jumaah

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq

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