Capturing the fragile X premutation phenotypes: A collaborative effort across multiple cohorts

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-164

  Hunter, Jessica Ezzell ^a   Sherman, Stephanie ^a   Grigsby, Jim ^b   Kogan, Cary ^c   Cornish, Kim ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CGG repeat; Executive function; FMR1; FXTAS; Premutation

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DYSCONTROL SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAYLING SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST PART B; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER NUMBER SEQUENCING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROOP TEST; WECHSLER BACKWARD DIGIT SPAN; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; ATAXIA; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84863310075     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026799     Document Type: Article

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