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[Genetics of mental retardation].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Oct 2010
Goldenberg A, Saugier-Veber P
Abstract excerpt
Mental retardation affects nearly 3 % of the population. The causes of these disorders are various and are often not identified. Recent advances focused on the molecular basis of mental retardation. Nearly half of mental retardation syndromes have a genetic origin and the description of molecular, cytogenetic and metabolic alterations in these disorders led to the development of diagnostic tools. Indeed,...
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