title: Prevalence of fragile X syndrome.
abstract: The much-quoted prevalence figure of 1:1,000 males for fragile X syndrome is an overestimate in a mixed ethnic population. A reexamination of the individuals from whom those data were derived using molecular diagnostic techniques demonstrates a more realistic figure of 1:4,000 males.
authors.affiliation: Hunter Genetics Service, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wake
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D015995:Prevalence