(Johns Hopkins Series in Contemporary Medicine and Public Health.) Edited by Randi Jenssen Hagerman and Amy Cronister Silverman. 378 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. $85. ISBN 0-8018-4169-0.
In the 10-year period from the elucidation of the clinical pictureof the X-linked form of mental retardation associated with afragile X chromosome to the publication of this book, it hasbecome apparent that the fragile X syndrome is the most commoninherited form of mental retardation. Thus, a book dealing withthis disorder, which is associated with an unusual pattern ofinheritance, is an appropriate addition to the literature. Itcontains 11 chapters by 17 authors and is divided into two parts:"Diagnosis and Research" and "Treatment and Intervention." Thebook is well organized and well written, but . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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