Advances in X-linked mental retardation

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 720-724

  Stevenson, Roger E ^a  

^a GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Mental retardation; X linkage; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 8; POLYGLUTAMINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN 1; SPERMINE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLAN HERNDON DUDLEY SYNDROME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ENZYME THERAPY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GOLABI ITO SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PORTEOUS SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENPENNING SYNDROME; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; SUTHERLAND HAAN HAMEL CEREBROPALATOCARDIAC SYNDROME; SYNDER ROBINSON SYNDROME; TESTIS DISEASE; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 28044451272     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000184290.57525.fb     Document Type: Review

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