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Fully mutated and gray-zone FRAXA alleles in Brazilian mentally retarded boys.
American journal of medical genetics - 28 May 1999
Haddad L A, Aguiar M J, Costa S S, Mingroni-Netto R C, Vianna-Morgante A M, Pena S D
Abstract excerpt
We used a non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for fragile X syndrome diagnosis to screen 256 mentally retarded boys who were selected randomly from special schools. Patients identified as pre- or full-mutation carriers were further investigated by Southern blot analysis with the StB12.3 probe. The PCR-based test identified five boys with the expanded allele and 17 other patients as carriers of...
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