Fragiles-X Syndrom
β Scribed by P. Steinbach
- Book ID
- 107516424
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 682 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0936-5931
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The much-quoted prevalence figure of 1:1,000 males for fragile X syndrome is an overestimate in a mixed ethnic population. A reexamination of the individuals from whom those data were derived using molecular diagnostic techniques demonstrates a more realistic figure of 1:4,000 males.