MRX8: an X-linked mental retardation condition with linkage to Xq21.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320430170

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MRX8: an X-linked mental retardation condition with linkage to Xq21.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000

Schwartz C E, May M, Huang T, Ledbetter D, Anderson G, Barker D F, Lubs H A, Arena F, Stevenson R E

Abstract excerpt

A family in which 6 males have X-linked mental retardation has been studied with polymorphic DNA probes. The males differ from unaffected males only in impaired intellect and in smaller head size. The gene that causes mental retardation in the family appears to be located in band Xq21 on the basi...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Chromosome Mapping
DNA Probes
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Humans
Intellectual Disability
Male
Microcephaly
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Phenotype
Skull
X Chromosome

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