Diseases

X-Linked Intellectual Disability

A class of genetic disorders resulting in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY that is associated either with mutations of GENES located on the X CHROMOSOME or aberrations in the structure of the X chromosome (SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS).

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Abstract

A class of genetic disorders resulting in INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY that is associated either with mutations of GENES located on the X CHROMOSOME or aberrations in the structure of the X chromosome (SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS).

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  • Mental Retardation, X-Linked
  • X-Linked Mental Retardation
  • X-Linked Mental Retardation Disorders
  • X-Linked Mental Retardation Syndromes
  • Disabilities, X-Linked Intellectual
  • Disability, X-Linked Intellectual
  • Intellectual Disabilities, X-Linked
  • Intellectual Disability, X-Linked
  • Mental Retardation, X Linked
  • Retardation, X-Linked Mental
  • X Linked Intellectual Disability
  • X Linked Mental Retardation
  • X Linked Mental Retardation Disorders
  • X Linked Mental Retardation Syndromes
  • X-Linked Intellectual Disabilities
  • X-Linked Mental Retardations

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Mental Retardation/genetics (1971-2002)

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  1. C10w.597.606.360w.455w
  2. C16w.320w.322.500w
  3. C16w.320w.400.525w

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QS 677

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. X-Linked Intellectual Disability. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D038901. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D038901
  2. X-Linked Intellectual Disability. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-linked_intellectual_disability
  3. X-Linked Intellectual Disability. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8041560