Sixty years of X-linked mental retardation: A historical footnote

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 228-233

  Neri, Giovanni ^a,b,c,d   Opitz, John M ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Institute of Medical Genetics   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Fragile X; Mental retardation; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

GENETTA;

EID: 0034519769     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(200023)97:3<228::AID-AJMG1041>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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