Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 41-43
Behavioural Phenotype of Fragile X Syndrome-A Case Study
Yogender Kumar Malik1*, Manoj Kumar2*, Ruchita Shah3*, Poonam Adlakha4**
1Senior Resident, 2Junior Resident, 3Assistant Professor, 4Senior Resident,
*Department of Psychiatry and **Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Corresponding Author: Yogender Kumar Malik
ABSTRACT
Behavioral phenotypes are syndromes with a chromosomal or genetic etiology, comprising both physiological and behavior manifestations. Behavioral phenotypes are likely to be dynamic, changing during development and aging. Behavioral phenotypes of intellectual disability syndromes are extreme phenotypes and are rare or absent in the general population. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common worldwide cause of inherited intellectual disability. We hereby describe behavioural phenotype of fragile X syndrome in a pair of male siblings
Key words: Fragile X-syndrome, Behavioral phenotype, Intellectual disability.
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