Tissue-specific methylation differences and cognitive function in fragile X premutation females

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 329-333

  Allingham Hawkins, Diane J ^a   Brown, Charlotte A ^b   Babul, Riyana ^a   Chitayat, David ^a   Krekewich, Karla ^a   Humphries, Tom ^a   Ray, Peter N ^a   Teshima, Ikuko E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FMR1; fragile X syndrome; IQ; methylation; premutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; METHYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0029953895     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<329::AID-AJMG19>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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