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AGG interspersion analysis of the FMR1 CGG repeats in mental retardation of unspecific cause.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Mar 2006
Poon Priscilla M K, Chen Qian L, Zhong Nan, Lam Stephen T S, Lai Kelly Y C, Wong C K, Pang Chi-Pui
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OBJECTIVES: To study the AGG interspersion pattern in mentally retarded patients of unspecified cause. METHODS: FMR1 CGG substructure in 104 normal and 232 mentally retarded (MR) males was determined by CGG repeat and AGG interspersion analyses. Genomic DNA of the study subjects was obtained for PCR and Southern hybridization analyses. RESULTS: All study subjects had less than 53 CGG repeats and none had fragile...
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