Article
Examination of factors that influence the expansion of the fragile X mutation in a sample of conceptuses from known carrier females.
American journal of medical genetics - 9 Aug 1996
Sherman S L, Meadows K L, Ashley A E
Abstract excerpt
The Collaborative Prospective Fragile X Study was established to collect information on the pregnancy outcome of women known to be carriers of the fragile X syndrome. The prospective design of this study allows collection of ascertainment-free data and, thereby, avoids biases caused by sampling p...
Topics
- Adult
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Humans
- Male
- Maternal Age
- Mutation
- Pregnancy
- Prospective Studies
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Sex Ratio
- Trinucleotide Repeats
- Twins, Dizygotic