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A new detection method for ATRX gene mutations using a mismatch-specific endonuclease.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Jul 2006
Wada Takahito, Fukushima Yoshimitsu, Saitoh Shinji
Abstract excerpt
X-linked alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome (ATR-X, OMIM 301040) is a syndromic form of X-linked mental retardation (XLMR). It is caused by a mutation in the ATRX gene, which is also involved in other syndromic forms of XLMR as well as in non-syndromic XLMR, both in males and in females. To analyze the full range of disease-causing mutations for genetic counseling and to establish phenotype-genotype...
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