Fragile-X: Neuropsychological test performance, CGG triplet repeat lengths, and hippocampal volumes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-338

  Jäkälä, Pekka ^a,b   Hänninen, Tuomo ^a   Ryynänen, Markku ^a   Laakso, Mikko ^a   Partanen, Kaarina ^a   Mannermaa, Arto ^a   Soininen, Hilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fragile X syndrome pathology; Neuropsychology; Temporal lobe pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 1842407859     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119538     Document Type: Article

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