Fragile X syndrome (review).

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Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of inherited mental retardation currently known, associated with a wide range of developmental disabilities in both males and females, caused by a large expansion of a (CGG)n repeat in the first exon of the FMR1 gene. Fragile X syndrome occurs in all racial and ethnic groups, and it is a condition of major epidemiological importance among mentally handicapped males....

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