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Climbing the branches of a family tree: diagnosis of fragile X syndrome.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jun 2014
Visootsak Jeannie, Hipp Heather, Clark Heather, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth, Anderson Tovi, Laney Dawn
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the average number of family members diagnosed with a Fragile X Mental Retardation-1 (FMR1) mutation after a proband receives the initial diagnosis of fragile X syndrome (FXS). STUDY DESIGN: We reviewed pedigrees of families who had been evaluated at the Fragile X Syndrome Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Through these pedigrees, we determined the number of additional family...
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