[ARX mutations and mental retardation of unknown etiology: three new cases in Spain].

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INTRODUCTION: Mental retardation has an approximated prevalence of 2% in the general population and its most frequent cause is X-fragile syndrome. This genetic disorder predominantly affects males and it is mainly caused by the expansion of CGG in FMR1 gene. Recently has been demonstrated that mutations in a new called ARX gene (aristaless-related homeobox) can also cause a similar form of X linked mental...

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