Survey of the fragile X syndrome CGG repeat and the short-tandem repeat and single-nucleotide-polymorphism haplotypes in an African American population

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 480-493

  Crawford, Dana C ^a   Schwartz, Charles E ^c   Meadows, Kellen L ^a   Newman, James L ^a   Taft, Lisa F ^a   Gunter, Chris ^a,l   Brown, W Ted ^f   Carpenter, Nancy J ^j   Howard Peebles, Patricia N ^d,e   Monaghan, Kristin G ⁱ   Nolin, Sarah L ^f   Reiss, Allan L ^g   Feldman, Gerald L ⁱ   Rohlfs, Elizabeth M ^h   Warren, Stephen T ^a,b,k   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^d GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j HA Chapman Institute of Medical Genetics   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

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EID: 0033942734     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302762     Document Type: Article

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