Amplification of the Xq28 FRAXE repeats: Extreme phenotype variability?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 441-444

  Murgia, A ^a   Polli, R ^a   Vinanzi, C ^a   Salis, M ^a   Drigo, P ^a   Artifoni, L ^a   Zacchello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FRAXE; phenotype; triplet repeats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME XQ; CYTOGENETICS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; STANFORD-BINET TEST; X CHROMOSOME;

RAPHIA FRATER;

EID: 0030057970     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<441::AID-AJMG41>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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