Infantile autism and the fragile X. A Swedish multicenter study.
In a Swedish multicenter study of 122 cases of infantile autism, 16 boys (13%) were found to be fragile (X) (q27) positive. None of the 21 girls studied were fragile (X) positive.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003582:Cytogenetics; D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000150:complications*; D013548:Sweden