Urgent call for GPs to test for Fragile X syndrome, affecting one in every 250 women; Fragile X syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation that disrupts brain development, and one in 250 women are carriers, while one in 600 men have the condition

Subjects

Subjects :

Diagnosis
Diseases
Brain
Gene mutation
Fragile X syndrome -- Diagnosis
Learning disorders -- Diagnosis
Women
Gene mutations
Learning disabilities -- Diagnosis

Details

Language :

English

Database :

Gale General OneFile

Journal :

The Chronicle (Newscastle upon Tyne, England)

Publication Type :

News

Accession number :

edsgcl.811848562