[Psychopathology in female carriers of the fragile X mutation].

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Fragile X syndrome is, after Down's syndrome, the most common form of mental retardation. Women are potential carriers and can have the defective gene on one of their two X chromosomes without developing the complete syndrome. In this paper we examine which psychiatric disturbances may appear or develop in women because they are carriers of the fragile X mutation. Carriers have been found to have a higher...

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