Table 1.
Cohort | Citation | Recruitment | Inclusion | Exclusion |
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1 | Cornish et al. 2008 | United Kingdom Clinical Genetics Services and Fragile X Society |
Age 18-50 English- speaking |
IQ less than 85, stroke, dementia |
2 | Hunter et al. 2008 | FXS conferences and support groups, word of mouth, sports events, health fairs, churches |
Age 18-50 English- speaking |
Active substance abuse/addiction, head trauma with loss of consciousness, meningitis, oxygen deprivation, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, severe chronic fatigue syndrome, complicated migraines (temporary stroke-like effects) with progressive memory impairment, stroke or brain hemorrhage, brain surgery, seizure disorder, schizophrenia, active use of sedating medications |
3 | Grigsby et al. 2008, Brega et al. 2008 | FXS study subjects at University of Colorado Denver and University of California Davis, FXS support groups, employees at CU Denver and Health Sciences Center |
Over age 40 English- speaking |
Significant speech/language deficits that make participation impossible, head trauma with loss of consciousness, epilepsy, demyelinating disease, family history of non- FXS genetic neurologic disorder, other neurologic disorders (e.g., stroke), complex medical comorbidities that may affect cognition, contraindications for MRI scanning (e.g., pacemaker, metal in body), schizophrenia, manic episodes, psychotic depression, alcoholism or significant drug use, medications affecting cognition |
FXS=Fragile X Syndrome