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A splice site mutation in the methyltransferase gene FTSJ1 in Xp11.23 is associated with non-syndromic mental retardation in a large Belgian family (MRX9).
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2004
Ramser J, Winnepenninckx B, Lenski C, Errijgers V, Platzer M, Schwartz C E, Meindl A, Kooy R F
Abstract excerpt
Mental retardation is the most frequent cause of serious handicap in children and young adults. The underlying causes of this heterogeneous condition are both acquired and genetically based. A recently performed refinement of the linkage interval in a large Belgian family with mild to severe non-syndromic X linked mental retardation, classified as MRX9, revealed a candidate region of 11.3 Mb between markers...
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