Abstract
In a Swedish multicenter study of 122 cases of infantile autism, 16 boys (13%) were found to be fragile (X) (q27) positive. None of the 21 girls studied were fragile (X) positive.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Autistic Disorder / etiology
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Autistic Disorder / genetics*
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Autistic Disorder / psychology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cytogenetics
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Female
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Fragile X Syndrome / complications*
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Fragile X Syndrome / epidemiology
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Fragile X Syndrome / psychology
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Genetic Testing
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Humans
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Intelligence
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Male
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Sex Chromosome Aberrations / complications*
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Sweden