Cognitive, behavioral, and neuroanatomical assessment of two unrelated male children expressing FRAXE

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Abrams, Michael T ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; CGG expansion; FMR1; FMR2; FRAXA; FRAXE; nonspecific developmental delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CPG ISLANDS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031031639     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970221)74:1<73::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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