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X-Linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the fragile site at Xq27 or 28

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Data are presented suggesting that the form of X-linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the form associated with a fragile site at Xq27 or 28 are the same entity.

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  1. Cytogenetics Unit, Department of Histopathology, Adelaide Children's Hospital, 5006, North Adelaide, S.A., Australia

    G. R. Sutherland & P. L. C. Ashforth

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Sutherland, G.R., Ashforth, P.L.C. X-Linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the fragile site at Xq27 or 28. Hum Genet 48, 117–120 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273283

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