Concurrence of fragile X and Klinefelter syndromes: Report of a new case of paternal nondisjunction

Annales de Genetique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-55

  Santos, Cíntia Barros ^a   Hjalgrim, Helle ^b   Carneiro, Flávia Raquel Gonçalves ^a   Ribeiro, Márcia ^b   Boy, Raquel Tavares ^a   Pimentel, Márcia Mattos Gonçalves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; Klinefelter syndrome; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PATERNALISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0038003006     PISSN: 00033995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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