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Compound heterozygosity at the FMR1 gene.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2001
Hegde M R, Fawkner M, Chong B, McGaughran J, Gilbert D, Love D R
Abstract excerpt
Individuals affected with Fragile X syndrome are usually characterized at the DNA level by the presence of at least 200 CGG repeats in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene; this number of repeats is defined as a full mutation. Repeats that number 50-200 usually define those with premutations and are termed unaffected carriers. We report here a compound heterozygous female who carried CGG repeats in the...
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