Article
Rater reliability of fragile X mutation size estimates: a multilaboratory analysis.
American journal of medical genetics - 9 Aug 1996
Fisch G S, Carpenter N, Maddalena A, Tarleton J, Julien-Inalsingh C, Holden J J
Abstract excerpt
Notwithstanding the use of comparable molecular protocols, description and measurement of the fra(X) (fragile X) mutation may vary according to its appearance as a discrete band, smear, multiple bands, or mosaic. Estimation of mutation size may also differ from one laboratory to another. We repor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Autoradiography
- Blotting, Southern
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA
- Female
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Humans
- Laboratories
- Male
- Mutation
- Reproducibility of Results
