Clinical features of boys with fragile X premutations and intermediate alleles

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 121 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-127

  Aziz, Monica ^c   Stathopulu, Eleni ^a   Callias, Maria ^d   Taylor, Catherine ^d   Turk, Jeremy ^d   Oostra, Ben ^b   Willemsen, Rob ^b   Patton, Mike ^d  

^a MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Child; Dysmorphology; FMR protein; Fragile X intermediate allele; Fragile X premutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0041819618     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20030     Document Type: Article

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