A clinical study of mentally retarded children with fragile X syndrome in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-19

  Al Husain, M ^a   Salih, M A M ^a   Zaki, O K ^a   Al Othman, L ^a   Al Nasser, M N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Fragile X syndrome; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PEDIGREE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0033824752     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2000.16     Document Type: Article

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