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Identification of expanded alleles of the FMR1 Gene in the CHildhood Autism Risks from Genes and Environment (CHARGE) study.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Mar 2013
Tassone Flora, Choudhary Nimrah S, Tassone Federica, Durbin-Johnson Blythe, Hansen Robin, Hertz-Picciotto Irva, Pessah Isaac
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neuro-developmental disorder characterized by intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Expansion of a CGG trinucleotide repeat (>200 repeats) in the 5'UTR of the fragile X mental retardation gene, is the single most prevalent cause of cognitive disabilities. Several screening studies for FXS, among individuals with ID from different ethnic populations, have...
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