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Executive Dysfunction in Female FMR1 Premutation Carriers.
Cerebellum (London, England) - 1 Oct 2016
Shelton Annie L, Cornish Kim M, Kraan Claudine M, Lozano Reymundo, Bui Minh, Fielding Joanne
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There is now growing evidence of cognitive weakness in female premutation carriers (between 55 and 199 CGG repeats) of the fragile X mental retardation gene, including impairments associated with executive function. While an age-related decline in assessments of executive function has been found for male premutation carriers, few studies have explored whether female carriers show a similar trajectory with age. A...
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