Survey of the fragile X syndrome and the fragile X E syndrome in a special education needs population

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 428-433

  Meadows, Kellen L ^a   Pettay, Dorothy ^a   Newman, James ^a   Hersey, Jane ^a   Ashley, Allison E ^a   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fragile X; FRAXA; FRAXE; special education

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; EDUCATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CHILD; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029955568     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<428::AID-AJMG39>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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