X-linked severe mental retardation and a progressive neurological disorder in a Belgian family: Clinical and genetic studies

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Claes, Stephan ^a   Devriendt, Koenraad ^a   D'Adamo, Patrizia ^b   Meireleire, Jan ^c   Raeymaekers, Peter ^a   Toniolo, Daniela ^b   Cassiman, Jean Jacques ^a   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Medical Pedagogic Institute   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

L1CAM; Linkage analysis; Spastic paraplegia; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0030770520     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02536.x     Document Type: Article

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