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Girls with fragile X syndrome: physical and neurocognitive status and outcome.
Pediatrics - 1 Mar 1992
Hagerman R J, Jackson C, Amiri K, Silverman A C, O'Connor R, Sobesky W
Abstract excerpt
The fragile X syndrome, a common X-linked form of mental retardation and autism, affects females as well as males. Previous work has shown that approximately 35% of heterozygotes (women who carry the fragile X gene) demonstrate cognitive impairment. Thirty-two girls, 18 years or younger, who demonstrate the fragile X chromosome were evaluated and compared with 19 sisters who do not demonstrate the fragile X...
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