Frequency of the fragile X syndrome in Chinese mentally retarded populations is similar to that in Caucasians

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-194

  Zhong, Nan ^a,d   Ju, Weina ^a   Xu, Weimin ^a   Ye, Lingling ^a   Shen, Yan ^b   Wu, Guangyun ^b   Chen, Shi Han ^c   Jin, Runming ^d   Hu, Xiao Feng ^d   Yang, Aide ^d   Liu, Xixian ^d   Poon, Priscilla ^e   Pang, Calvin ^e   Zheng, Yu ^f   Song, Li ^g   Zhao, Pei ^h   Fu, Bojing ^h   Gu, Hongjuan ^h   Brown, W Ted ^a  

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

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g TIANJIN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (China)

^h TIANJIN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Founder chromosomes; Fragile X syndrome; Microsatellites; Molecular screening

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033612336     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990528)84:3<191::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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