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. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Yu, Timothy W.
Berry-Kravis, Elizabeth
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