Compound heterozygous female with fragile X syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 318-321

  Linden, Mary G ^a   Tassone, Flora ^a   Gane, Louise W ^b   Hills, Jennifer L ^b   Hagerman, Randi J ^b,c   Taylor, Annette K ^a  

^a Kimball Genetics Inc   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation ratio; Compound heterozygote; FMRP; Fragile X syndrome; Full mutation; Mental retardation; Premutation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FLUOXETINE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION 1 PROTEIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE ACTIVATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033515685     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990402)83:4<318::AID-AJMG16>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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