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Applicability of a checklist for clinical screening of the fragile X syndrome.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 1997
Arvio M, Peippo M, Simola K O
Abstract excerpt
In a population of 340,000 in Southern Häme, Finland, there were 541 intellectually disabled adult males (> 16 years) known to the District Organisation for the Care of the Mentally Retarded in August 1993. Of these, 197 already had a confirmed etiological diagnosis, with 20 having the fragile X syndrome. The other 344 males were screened for the fragile X syndrome using a three-step method: a clinical checklist...
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