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Fragile X‐chromosome among child psychiatric patients with disturbances of language and social relationships
Author(s) -
Jørgensen O. Sylvester,
Nielsen K. Brøndum,
Isager T.,
Mouridsen S. E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01240.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , psychology , fragile x , developmental psychology , genetics , biology , gene
– Twenty‐three child psychiatric patients with severe disturbances in language development and social relatedness were investigated for occurrence of fragile X‐chromosomes (fra(X)) and other chromosome abnormalities. One boy with fra(X) was found. He presented a characteristic infantile autistic syndrome.