Article
Clinical investigation of females with the Martin-Bell syndrome and risk assessment for carrier status.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 1991
Thake A, Webb T, Marshall T
Abstract excerpt
Anthropometric measurements were made on a series of females heterozygous for the fragile-X syndrome. It was found that there were no simple series of discriminating features separating those of normal IQ from the mentally handicapped, but rather that the carriers studied represented a wide spectrum of phenotype. When measurements performed on 15 FRAXA negative, obligate carriers of normal IQ were considered...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anthropometry
- Bayes Theorem
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Testing
- Health Status Indicators