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Mental retardation and Xq12-Xq23: candidate loci for nonspecific mental retardation in the male population of the QinBa region.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Zhang Kejin, Zhang Jing, Zheng Zijian, Gao Xiaocai, Huang Shaoping, Li Ruilin, Chen Chao, Zhang Fuchang
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OBJECTIVES: The higher prevalence of nonspecific mental retardation (NSMR) presents an important socioeconomic and medical issue for families and the whole QinBa region in China. The obvious family aggregation and high heritability indicated that genetic causes play a role in the NSMR population in QinBa. This study discusses the relationship between Xq12-Xq23 region and NSMR in the QinBa area. METHOD: We chose...
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