Article
Investigation of the twinning rate in families with the fragile X syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Sherman S L, Turner G, Sheffield L, Laing S, Robinson H
Abstract excerpt
An excess of twins in families with the Martin-Bell or fra(X) syndrome was noted previously in one family study [Fryns, 1986]. We tried to confirm this observation in a second large sample of families from a different population. We calculated the number of twin births among the total number of live births of known obligate carriers found in fra(X) families ascertained in New South Wales, Australia. We only...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.