Neuropsychological Findings From Older Premutation Carrier Males and Their Noncarrier Siblings From Families With Fragile X Syndrome

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-411

  Allen, Emily Graves ^a   Hunter, Jessica E ^a   Rusin, Michele ^a   Juncos, Jorge ^a   Novak, Gloria ^a   Hamilton, Debra ^a   Shubeck, Lisa ^a   Charen, Krista ^a   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; FMR1; Fragile X syndrome; Premutation; Tremor

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TREMOR;

AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 79955780242     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021879     Document Type: Article

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