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Evidence that SIZN1 is a candidate X-linked mental retardation gene.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Oct 2008
Cho Ginam, Bhat Shambhu S, Gao Jinsong, Collins Julianne S, Rogers R Curtis, Simensen Richard J, Schwartz Charles E, Golden Jeffrey A, Srivastava Anand K
Abstract excerpt
An estimated 1-3% of individuals within the United States are diagnosed with mental retardation (MR), yet the cause is unknown in nearly 50% of the patients. While several environmental, genetic and combined teratogenetic etiologies have been identified, many causative genes remain to be identified. Furthermore, the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying MR are known for very few of these genes. Males have a much...
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