Fragile X syndrome and fragile XE mental retardation

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1199-1211

  Sutherland, Grant R ^a   Mulley, John C ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragile sites; Fragile X syndrome; Fragile XE mental retardation; Prenatal diagnosis; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030479720     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199612)16:13<1199::AID-PD95>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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