PEDIATRICS Vol. 89 No. 6 June 1992, pp. 1059-1062
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Standards for Selected Anthropometric Measurements in Males With the Fragile X Syndrome

Merlin G. Butler MD, PhD1, Ari Brunschwig 2, Lora K. Miller 1, and Randi J. Hagerman MD3

1 From the Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN;
2 From the Children's Hospital Kempe Research Center, Denver, CO.
3 From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Science Center Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital. Denver

Standards (95th, 50th, and 5th percentiles) in fragile X syndrome for weight, height, head circumference, ear length, and testicular volume are reported. For comparison with fragile X syndrome standardized curves, normal control data from the literature were similarly plotted and curves produced. These standards reflect the physical parameters that are frequently abnormal in males with the fragile X syndrome and should be useful in the medical management of patients with this syndrome. The standards may also be used to help identify those individuals, particularly the younger males, for chromosome studies to confirm the clinical impression of the fragile X sydrome.

Key Words: anthropometric standards • fragile X syndrome • mentally retarded males

Submitted on April 30, 1991
Accepted on June 11, 1991


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