title: A genetic diagnostic survey in an institutionalized population of 262 moderately mentally retarded patients: the Borgerstein experience.
abstract: In this paper, the authors report the results of a genetic-diagnostic survey of 262 instutionalized moderately mentally retarded patients and compare these data with their previous studies of the severely mentally retarded. Special attention is given towards the nosology of X-linked mental retardation and familial mental retardation in general.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryns
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Volcke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haspeslagh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beusen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van den Berghe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome; D014960:X Chromosome