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A rapid screening and diagnosis on fragile X syndrome by PCR.
Journal of Tongji Medical University = Tong ji yi ke da xue xue bao - 1 Jan 1999
Chen J, Yang A, Fei H, Jin R, He M, Wang B
Abstract excerpt
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique combined with direct detection by silver staining on denaturing DNA sequencing gel was used to analyze the (CGG)n repeats within the FMR1 gene on 169 suspected patients with mental retardation and 33 kindreds of 6 fragile X families. The results showed that: (1) No PCR products were detected in 3 males in the suspected group. (2) In the fragile X family studies, the 5...
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