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The effect of pre-mutation of X chromosome CGG trinucleotide repeats on brain anatomy.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2004
Moore Caroline J, Daly Eileen M, Tassone Flora, Tysoe Carolyn, Schmitz Nicole, Ng Virginia, Chitnis Xavier, McGuire Philip, Suckling John, Davies Kay E, Hagerman Randi J, Hagerman Paul J, Murphy Kieran C, Murphy Declan G M
Abstract excerpt
Expanded trinucleotide repeats are associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders, including fragile X syndrome (FraX) which is the most common inherited form of mental retardation. It is currently thought that FraX results from having >200 CGG trinucleotide repeats, with consequent methylation of the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1) and loss of FMR1 protein (FMRP). Pre-mutation carriers of FraX (with...
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