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Psychiatric phenotype of the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) in males: newly described fronto-subcortical dementia.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Jan 2006
Bacalman Susan, Farzin Faraz, Bourgeois James A, Cogswell Jennifer, Goodlin-Jones Beth L, Gane Louise W, Grigsby Jim, Leehey Maureen A, Tassone Flora, Hagerman Randi J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors describe and quantify the neuropsychiatric symptoms present in a cohort of males with the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) premutation allele who have developed fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). METHOD: Fourteen male carriers of the FMR1 premutation who had clinical manifestations of the FXTAS syndrome and 14 age- and education-matched controls were assessed with the...
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