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Novel mutation of IL1RAPL1 gene in a nonspecific X-linked mental retardation (MRX) family.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 15 Dec 2008
Nawara Magdalena, Klapecki Jakub, Borg Katarzyna, Jurek Marta, Moreno Sarah, Tryfon Jolanta, Bal Jerzy, Chelly Jamel, Mazurczak Tadeusz
Abstract excerpt
Mental retardation (MR) affects approximately 2% of the population. About 10% of all MR cases result from defects of X-linked genes. Mutations in most of more than 20 known genes causing nonspecific form of X-linked MR (MRX) are very rare and may account for less than 0.5-1% of MR. Linkage studies in extended pedigrees followed by mutational analysis of known MRX genes in the linked interval are often the only...
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