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Disruptions of the novel KIAA1202 gene are associated with X-linked mental retardation.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Hagens Olivier, Dubos Aline, Abidi Fatima, Barbi Gotthold, Van Zutven Laura, Hoeltzenbein Maria, Tommerup Niels, Moraine Claude, Fryns Jean-Pierre, Chelly Jamel, van Bokhoven Hans, Gécz Jozef, Dollfus Hélène, Ropers Hans-Hilger, Schwartz Charles E, de Cassia Stocco Dos Santos Rita, Kalscheuer Vera, Hanauer André
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The extensive heterogeneity underlying the genetic component of mental retardation (MR) is the main cause for our limited understanding of the aetiology of this highly prevalent condition. Hence we set out to identify genes involved in MR. We investigated the breakpoints of two balanced X;autosome translocations in two unrelated female patients with mild/moderate MR and found that the Xp11.2 breakpoints disrupt...
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