title: On the nosology of moderate mental retardation with special attention to X-linked mental retardation. A diagnostic genetic survey of 274 institutionalized moderately mentally retarded men.
abstract: In this paper we report the results of a genetic-diagnostic survey of 274 institutionalized moderately mentally retarded adult males and compare these data with those from our previous studies in the severely mentally retarded and from a comparable population of 262 institutionalized moderately mentally retarded males and females (The Borgenstein experience). Special attention is paid to the nosology of X-linked mental retardation and familial mental retardation in general.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volcke
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dereymaeker
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryns
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van den Berghe
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014960:X Chromosome