Article
Prevalence of the fragile X syndrome in Yugoslav patients with non-specific mental retardation.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2000
Major Tamara, Culjkovic Biljana, Stojkovic Oliver, Gucscekic Marija, Lakic Aneta, Romac Stanka
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at two fragile sites, FRAXA and FRAXE, loci are caused by an expansion of a CGG/GCC trinucleotide repeat and are characterized by mental retardation. Here we report molecular screening survey of 97 unrelated individuals diagnosed with non-specific mental retardation (MR), which produced positive test for FRAXA in two boys and none positive for the FRAXE mutation. In addition, we studied allelic...
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