Premutation for the Martin-Bell syndrome analyzed in a large Sardinian family: II. Neuropsychological and behavioral data.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320430115

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Premutation for the Martin-Bell syndrome analyzed in a large Sardinian family: II. Neuropsychological and behavioral data.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000

Cianchetti C, Filippi G, Sannio-Fancello G, Fratta A L, Marrosu M G, Dagna-Bricarelli F, Siniscalco M

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We describe the neuropsychological and behavioral profiles of 48 critical members of a previously reported Sardinian pedigree [Filippi et al., 1991], in which the fully manifested Martin-Bell syndrome (MBS), observed among males of the latest generations, is clearly the result of step-wise mutati...

Topics

Behavior
Female
Fragile X Syndrome
Heterozygote
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Models, Genetic
Neuropsychology
Pedigree
Phenotype

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