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Mutational screening of ARX gene in Iranian families with X-linked intellectual disability.
Archives of Iranian medicine - 1 Jun 2012
Abedini Seyed Sedigheh, Kahrizi Kimia, Behjati Farkhondeh, Banihashemi Sussan, Ghasemi Firoozabadi Saghar, Najmabadi Hossein
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the human aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) gene are amongst the major causes of developmental and neurological disorders. They are responsible for a wide spectrum of phenotypes, including nonsyndromic X-linked intellectual disability (NS-XLID), and syndromic (XLIDS) forms such as X-linked lissencephaly with abnormal genitalia (XLAG), Partington syndrome (PRTS), and X-linked infantile...
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