A substantial genetic contribution in the etiology of developmental dyslexia (DD) has been
well documented with independent groups reporting a susceptibility locus on chromosome …

Reading disabilities (RD) have been linked and associated with markers on chromosome 6p
with results from multiple independent samples pointing to KIAA0319 as a risk gene and …

The status of DYX1C1 (C15q21. 3) as a susceptibility gene for dyslexia is unclear. We report
the association of this gene with reading and spelling ability in a sample of adolescent twins …

METHODS As described in detail elsewhere, 3, 4 our sample consists of 96 Canadian
families (877 subjects), each containing two or more sibs diagnosed with phonological …

Approximately 3–10% of people have specific difficulties in reading, despite adequate
intelligence, education, and social environment. We report here the characterization of a …

Reading disability (RD), or dyslexia, is the most common learning disability with a
prevalence rate of~ 5%–10% in school-age children. RD is highly heritable with evidence of …

Dyslexia, a specific reading disability, is a common (up to 10% of children) and highly
heritable (~ 70%) neurodevelopmental disorder. Behavioral and molecular genetic …

Dyslexia is the most common and carefully studied of the learning disabilities in school-age
children. It is characterized by a marked impairment in the development of reading skills …

The KIAA0319 gene in chromosome 6p22 has been strongly associated with developmental
dyslexia. In this article we show a wide expression pattern of this gene in human adult brain …

Developmental dyslexia, a specific impairment of reading ability despite adequate
intelligence and educational opportunity, is one of the most frequent childhood disorders …