Examination of factors associated with instability of the FMR1 CGG repeat

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 776-785

  Ashley Koch, Allison E ^a   Robinson, Hazel ^b   Glicksman, Anne E ^c   Nolin, Sarah L ^c   Schwartz, Charles E ^d   Ted Brown, W ^c   Turner, Gillian ^b   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hunter Genetics   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^d GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032231936     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302018     Document Type: Article

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