Transmission of mental retardation with fragile X site by two normal transmitter brothers
✍ Scribed by Pellissier, Marie-Christine ;Voelckel, Marie-Antoinette ;Piquet, Caroline ;Mattei, Marie-Geneviève ;Mattei, Jean-François
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 403 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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✦ Synopsis
We report clinical, chromosomal, and DNA studies in 32 individuals in a family with mental retardation associated with the fragile X chromosome transmitted through 2 normal transmitter brothers.
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