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Brief report: Search for DNA markers in two autistic males with the fragile X syndrome

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, USA

    Luke Y. Tsai

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, USA

    Raymond R. Crowe & Janice Quinn

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, USA

    Shivanand R. Patil & Jeff Murray

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We acknowledge the following investigators who allowed us to use their probes: Richard Lawn (Factor VIII), Thomas Caskey (HPT), Lucio Luzzatto (G6PD), J. L. Mandel (St-14.1), and Kay Davies (MN12).

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Tsai, L.Y., Crowe, R.R., Patil, S.R. et al. Brief report: Search for DNA markers in two autistic males with the fragile X syndrome. J Autism Dev Disord 18, 681–685 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02211885

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