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A truncating mutation in the IL1RAPL1 gene is responsible for X-linked mental retardation in the MRX21 family.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2006
Tabolacci Elisabetta, Pomponi M Grazia, Pietrobono Roberta, Terracciano Alessandra, Chiurazzi Pietro, Neri Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) is a genetically heterogeneous condition, due to mutations in at least 50 genes, involved in functioning of the central nervous system and located on the X chromosome. Nonspecific XLMR (MRX) is characterized essentially by mental retardation transmitted by X-linked inheritance. More than 80 extended MRX pedigrees have been reported to date, which have been distinguished...
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