FG syndrome: Report of three new families with linkage to Xq12-q22.1

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-156

  Graham Jr , John M ^a   Tackels, Darci ^b   Dibbern, Kurt ^a   Superneau, Duane ^c   Rogers, Curtis ^b   Corning, Ken ^b   Schwartz, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenesis of the corpus callosum; Congenital hypotonia; Constipation; FG syndrome; Macrocephaly; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME FG; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031791038     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981102)80:2<145::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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