====== X-linked intellectual disability ====== X-linked [[intellectual disability]] (XLID) is the most extensively studied genetic phenomenon involving the human central nervous system. Over 150 X-linked syndromes in which intellectual disability and neuromuscular, somatic, metabolic, or behavioral manifestations occur have been described ((Stevenson RE, Rogers RC, Schwartz CE. Atlas of X-Linked Intellectual Disability Syndromes. Oxford University Press; New York: 2012. )).