X-linked intellectual disability: Unique vulnerability of the male genome

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-368

  Stevenson, Roger E ^a   Schwartz, Charles E ^a  

^a GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

X inactivation; X linked intellectual disability (XLID); XLID syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOME; HEARING LOSS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; X LINKED INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

EID: 73849109194     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.81     Document Type: Article

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