Deletion in the FMR1 gene in a fragile-X male

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-295

  Mannermaa, Arto ^a   Pulkkinen, Leena ^a   Kajanoja, Eliisa ^a   Ryynänen, Markku ^a   Saarikoski, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

deletion; mental retardation; mosaicism

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXON; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029897172     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<293::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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