Fragile-X carrier females: Evidence for a distinct psychopathological phenotype?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 334-339

  Franke, Petra ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Hautzinger, Martin ^b   Weiffenbach, Olaf ^a   Gänsicke, Michael ^a   Iwers, Björn ^c   Poustka, Fritz ^d   Schwab, Sibylle G ^a   Froster, Ursula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

affective disorders; autism; fragile X syndrome; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MUTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0029899583     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<334::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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