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ERIC Number: EJ526408
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Biomedical Advances in Developmental Psychology: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome.
Hagerman, Randi J.
Developmental Psychology, v32 n3 p416-24 May 1996
Discusses the Human Genome Project and the identification of Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. Fragile X Syndrome is caused by an abnormal gene on the bottom of the X chromosome. Examined the phenotype of Fragile X Syndrome in males and females and the spectrum of learning difficulties caused by the mutation. (MDM)
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Developmental Psychology, Genetics, Learning Disabilities, Medical Research, Mental Retardation, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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