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Fragile X gene stability in Basque Valleys: prevalence of premutation and intermediate alleles.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2008
Arrieta I, Télez M, Huerta I, Flores P, Criado B, Ramírez J M, Barasoain M, Gónzalez A J
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of inherited mental retardation. The molecular basis is usually the unstable expansion of a CGG repeat in the FMR1 gene. We previously analyzed a sample of two Basque valleys. In the present work we extend the study to another five isolated valleys. The...
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