Monozygotic twin brothers with the fragile X syndrome: Different CGG repeats and different mental capacities

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Helderman van Den Enden, A T J M ^a   Maaswinkel Mooij, P D ^a   Hoogendoorn, E ^a   Willemsen, R ^b   Maat Kievit, J A ^a,b   Losekoot, M ^a   Oostra, B A ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CGG repeat; Fragile X syndrome; Mental retardation; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033056854     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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