Fragile X syndrome screening of families with consanguineous and non-consanguineous parents in the Iranian population

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Pouya, Ali Reza ^a   Abedini, Seyedeh Sedigheh ^a   Mansoorian, Neda ^b   Behjati, Farkhondeh ^a   Nikzat, Nooshin ^a   Mohseni, Marzieh ^a   Nieh, Sahar Esmaeeli ^c   Abbasi Moheb, Lia ^c   Darvish, Hossein ^a   Monajemi, Gholamreza Bahrami ^a   Banihashemi, Susan ^a   Kahrizi, Kimia ^a   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^c   Najmabadi, Hossein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Kariminejad Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consanguineous marriage; Fragile X syndrome; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; SEX RATIO;

CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, X-LINKED; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 67650577167     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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