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X-linked mental retardation: many genes for a complex disorder.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2006
Ropers Hans-Hilger
Abstract excerpt
X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) is a common cause of moderate to severe intellectual disability in males. XLMR is very heterogeneous, and about two-thirds of patients have clinically indistinguishable non-syndromic (NS-XLMR) forms, which has greatly hampered their molecular elucidation. A few years ago, international consortia overcame this impasse by collecting DNA and cell lines from large cohorts of XLMR...
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