title: Female relatives in families with the fragile X syndrome.
abstract: Three problems--mental retardation, having retarded children, and fear of having retarded children--are described in women in families with the fragile X syndrome. The investigation of one family with a counselling dilemma is presented in detail.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*