TY - JOUR
T1 - The fragile X in Sicily
T2 - An epidemiological survey
AU - Neri, G.
AU - Sanfilippo, S.
AU - Pavone, L.
AU - Mollica, F.
AU - Barberi, I.
AU - Giuffre, L.
AU - Romano, C.
AU - Mattina, T.
AU - Cammarata, M.
AU - Ragusa, M. G.
AU - Sammito, V.
AU - Ventimiglia, G.
AU - Musumeci, S. A.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - We have studied a group of 349 institutionalized propositi with mental retardation, and found 12 fra(X)-positive cases among 155 males (7.7%) and 8 fra(X)-positive cases among 194 females (4.1%). The males had characteristic manifestations of the Martin-Bell syndrome. Another 7 males, who were initially considered 'borderline', having expression of fra(X) <4% and a non-characteristic phenotype, were eventually considered negative. Among 5,624 patients (2,764 males and 2,860 females) that were admitted to the Pediatric Department of the University of Catania during the period July 1986 - June 1987, 210 (120 males and 90 females) had mental retardation. Of these, 75 were analyzed for the presence of fra(X) (q27.3); 5 males (0.18% of all males) and 2 females (0.07% of all females) were fra(X)-positive. The males had the Martin Bell syndrome phenotype.
AB - We have studied a group of 349 institutionalized propositi with mental retardation, and found 12 fra(X)-positive cases among 155 males (7.7%) and 8 fra(X)-positive cases among 194 females (4.1%). The males had characteristic manifestations of the Martin-Bell syndrome. Another 7 males, who were initially considered 'borderline', having expression of fra(X) <4% and a non-characteristic phenotype, were eventually considered negative. Among 5,624 patients (2,764 males and 2,860 females) that were admitted to the Pediatric Department of the University of Catania during the period July 1986 - June 1987, 210 (120 males and 90 females) had mental retardation. Of these, 75 were analyzed for the presence of fra(X) (q27.3); 5 males (0.18% of all males) and 2 females (0.07% of all females) were fra(X)-positive. The males had the Martin Bell syndrome phenotype.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 3177477
AN - SCOPUS:0023774157
VL - 30
SP - 665
EP - 672
JO - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
JF - American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
SN - 1552-4825
IS - 1-2
ER -