title: Suggestively increased rate of infant death in children of fra(X) positive mothers.
abstract: A review of the Leuven data on the fragile X syndrome indicates that sudden infant death is frequently observed in the progeny of obligate female carriers. This observation may be another indication of a central nervous dysfunction in infants with this type of X-linked mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryns
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moerman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gilis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: d'Espallier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van den Berghe
mesh_terms: D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology