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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
A clinical score based on the manifestations of the fragile(X) syndrome has been formulated and applied to all individuals included in a fragile(X) case finding program in New South Wales. The total score can vary from 0 to 10. Individuals are scored 0, 1, or 2 in each of 5 categories considered indicative of the fragile(X) phenotype: family history of intellectual handicap, face length, ear configuration, personality, and body habitus. In a study of 1,206 individuals where the clinical scores were prospective (i.e., they had been given before the cytogenetic results were known) the percentage of those with the fragile(X) increased from 0.6% of those with scores of 4 or less to 14.6% with scores 5-7 and to 67% of those with scores 8-10. We have found the score simple to use in the circumstances where screening takes place (sheltered workshops and schools) and have reduced the number of individuals tested cytogenetically by 45%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-7299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
256-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical screening score for the fragile X (Martin-Bell) syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Genetics, Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study