Gene for nonspecific X-linked mental retardation (MRX 47) is located in Xq22.3-q24

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-328

  Des Portes, Vincent ^a   Soufir, Nadem ^a   Carrié, Alain ^a   Billuart, Pierre ^a   Bienvenu, Thierry ^a   Vinet, Marie Claude ^a   Beldjord, Cherif ^a   Ponsot, Gérard ^b   Kahn, Axel ^a   Boué, Joelle ^c   Chelly, Jamel ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c Hôpital de Port Royal ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Linkage analysis; Mental retardation; MRX gene; MRX47; Xq23

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030852497     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971031)72:3<324::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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