Lack of expansion of triplet repeats in the FMR1, FRAXE, and FRAXF loci in male multiplex families with autism and pervasive developmental disorders

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-403

  Holden, Jeanette J A ^a,b   Wing, Maggie ^b   Chalifoux, Maryse ^b   Julien Inalsingh, Colin ^a   Schutz, Chris ^c   Robinson, Paula ^c   Szatmari, Peter ^c   White, Bradley N ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ongwanada Resource Centre   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; autism PDD; FMR1; fragile X syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; X CHROMOSOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029944243     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<399::AID-AJMG33>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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