Developmental and behavioural aspects were studied in 13 boys aged 2.6-12.5 years from three families with the fragile X syndrome. The following observations were made. (1) Moderate to severe retardation was present in all boys; non-verbal IQs ranged between 25 and 67 (mean 46 + 14); IQ and age wer
Behavioural and emotional disturbance in fragile X syndrome
โ Scribed by Einfeld, Stewart L. ;Tonge, Bruce J. ;Florio, Tony
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 628 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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