Fragile X syndrome in Calcutta, India

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 264-271

  Saha, Sharmila ^a   Karmakar, Parimal ^a   Chatterjee, Chandrahas ^b   Banerjee, Dalia ^b   Das, Shyamal ^c   Dasgupta, Uma B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research   (India)

^c BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOSAICISM; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0035012641     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563011900498     Document Type: Article

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