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Is there a Mendelian transmission ratio distortion of the c.429_452dup(24bp) polyalanine tract ARX mutation?
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Dec 2012
Shoubridge Cheryl, Gardner Alison, Schwartz Charles E, Hackett Anna, Field Michael, Gecz Jozef
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Intellectual disability is common. Aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) gene is one of the most frequently mutated and pleiotropic genes, implicated in 10 different phenotypes. More than half of ~100 reported cases with ARX mutations are due to a recurrent duplication of 24 bp, c.429_452dup, which l...
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