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X-linked mental retardation: vanishing boundaries between non-specific (MRX) and syndromic (MRXS) forms.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 2002
Frints S G M, Froyen G, Marynen P, Fryns J-P
Abstract excerpt
This review covers the history and nosology of X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) in which the following, largely clinically based, subclassification was used: fragile X syndrome (FRAXA), syndromic forms (MRXS) and non-specific forms (MRX). After the discovery of the FMR2 gene at the FRAXE site, 10 MRX genes have been identified in the last 6 years. A short description is given of the strategies used to identify...
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