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A unique form of mental retardation with a distinctive phenotype maps to Xq26-q27.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Shashi V, Berry M N, Shoaf S, Sciote J J, Goldstein D, Hart T C
Abstract excerpt
We report a novel X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) syndrome, with characteristic facial dysmorphic features, segregating in a large North Carolina family. Only males are affected, over four generations. Clinical findings in the seven living affected males include a moderate degree of mental retardation (MR), coarse facies, puffy eyelids, narrow palpebral fissures, prominent supraorbital ridges, a bulbous nose,...
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