<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yasseen, Akeel A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Al-Musawi, Thekra A.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metaphase acrocentric associations in metally retarded patients</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neurosciences Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233-237</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: The metaphase of 21 severely mentally retarded patients were studies to assess the role of satellite association in the etiology of mental retardation.METHODS: Peripheral blood culture, chromosome harvesting and study scoring were conducted according to standard methods.RESULTS: Considered as a whole the results indicate that there is a significant increase in the frequency of satellite association among the mentally retarded.CONCLUSION: The present study concluded that satellite association may play a role in the etiology of mental retardation and may explain to some extent the presence of normal karyotype in some mental retardation patients.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>