Prenatal diagnosis and carrier screening for fragile X by PCR

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Brown, W Ted ^a   Nolin, Sarah ^a   Houck Jr , George ^a   Ding, Xiaohua ^a   Glicksman, Anne ^a   Li, Shu Yun ^a   Stark Houck, Sandra ^a   Brophy, Patricia ^a   Duncan, Charlotte ^a   Dobkin, Carl ^a   Jenkins, Ed ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

fragile X syndrome; genetic screening; mental retardation; prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029934242     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<191::AID-AJMG34>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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