Prevalence of the fragile X syndrome in African-Americans.

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Published in Am J Med Genet on July 01, 2002

Authors

Dana C Crawford1, Kellen L Meadows, James L Newman, Lisa F Taft, Elizabeth Scott, Mary Leslie, Lisa Shubek, Patricia Holmgreen, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, Coleen Boyle, Stephanie L Sherman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.

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