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A gene for nonsyndromic mental retardation maps to chromosome 3p25-pter.
Neurology - 8 Aug 2000
Higgins J J, Rosen D R, Loveless J M, Clyman J C, Grau M J
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OBJECTIVE: To establish genetic linkage between polymorphic microsatellite loci and a disease locus responsible for an autosomal recessive type of nonsyndromic mental retardation (MR). BACKGROUND: Although MR is the most common developmental disability in the United States, the etiologies of most nonsyndromic cases are not known. METHODS: A genealogic database provided information to reconstruct the relationships...
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