Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females: An X-linked dominant disorder with male sparing

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-95

  Ryan, Stephen G ^a   Chance, Phillip F ^a   Zou, Chang Hua ^a   Spinner, Nancy B ^a   Golden, Jeffrey A ^a   Smietana, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSOSTOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GOLTZ SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; X CHROMOSOME DOMINANT INHERITANCE;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030754979     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-92     Document Type: Article

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