fragile x testing

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fragile x testing
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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 4:51pm

Pediatrician ordered Fragile x test for my son (PDD-NOS). I view it as a way to rule something out, but part of me is afraid it will come back as Fragile x. My son is a struggling learner and we're homeschooling because of that and behavior problems, but I always considered him bright. Other people do too.


I just wondered if others had the fragile x test. I read that 5% of autism spectrum disorder cases is attributable to fragile x.

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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 5:19pm
we did and it was negative.



 


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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 5:21pm

this came up recently in another thread. I am sorry to be lazy, but I bumped it up. The title is "We had the first consultation today"


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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 5:43pm

Yes, we got the test when ds was about 17 mos due to his hypotonia (low tone) dx.

Molly
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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 6:26pm

Our pediatric neurologist ordered this test for my son as well. It came out negative. Usually there are physical characteristics if the child has Fragile-X Syndrome: only one horizontal crease in the palms instead of two, a bit odd facial structure (narrow face, large ears).

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Wed, 11-28-2007 - 8:29pm
Our neuro ordered this too, even though as a female DD had a very small chance of having it. He did it to rule out b/c we have a significant family history of ASDs.

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Thu, 11-29-2007 - 7:08am

We had DS tested after his inital DX when he was 2 1/2.....it was negative.


Usually fragile x kids has ver distinctive characteristics. My friends brother has it, he is an adult and it is completely different than the autims my son is afflicted with.