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X-linked mental retardation and epilepsy: pathogenetic significance of ARX mutations.
Brain & development - 1 Apr 2003
Hirose Shinichi, Mitsudome Akihisa
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Mental retardation (MR) and epilepsy are both heterogeneous syndromes based on dysfunction in the brain and they are often closely associated. Hence, there should be some overlap in the underlying pathomechanisms, particularly when both syndromes result from genetic abnormalities, either polygenic or monogenic. Some 50 monogenic causes of MR have been found in genes localized on the X-chromosome and are...
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