Tissue differences in fragile X mosaics: Mosaicism in blood cells may differ greatly from skin

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 296-301

  Dobkin, Carl S ^a   Nolin, Sarah L ^a   Cohen, Ira ^a   Sudhalter, Vicki ^a   Bialer, Martin G ^b   Ding, Xiao Hua ^a   Jenkins, E C ^a   Zhong, Nan ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a  

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

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive behavior; fragile X; mosaicism; tissue variation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CODON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

BLOOD CELLS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SKIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030015140     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<296::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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