Evidence from Turner's syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6634, 1997, Pages 705-708

  Skuse, D H ^a   James, R S ^b   Bishop, D V M ^c   Coppin, B ^d   Dalton, P ^b   Aamodt Leeper, G ^a   Bacarese Hamilton, M ^a   Creswell, C ^a   McGurk, R ^a   Jacobs, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; COGNITION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 16944366964     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42706     Document Type: Article

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