Trinucleotide repeat expansion in the FRAXE locus is not common among institutionalized individuals with non-specific developmental disabilities

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 420-423

  Holden, J J A ^a,b   Julien Inalsingh, C ^a   Chalifoux, M ^b   Wing, M ^b   Scott, E ^c   Fidler, K ^a,d   Swift, I ^a,d   Maidment, B ^d   Knight, S J L ^e   Davies, K E ^e   White, B N ^f  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ongwanada Resource Centre   (Canada)

^c Southwestern Regional Centre   (Canada)

^d Rideau Regional Centre   (Canada)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

developmental disabilities; FRAXE; trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029945363     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<420::AID-AJMG37>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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