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Cryptic FMR1 mosaic deletion in a phenotypically normal mother of a boy with fragile X syndrome: case report.
BMC medical genetics - 25 Nov 2014
Luo Shiyu, Huang Wen, Xia Qiuping, Xia Yan, Du Qian, Wu Lingqian, Duan Ranhui
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BACKGROUND: Increasing number of case reports of mosaic mutations and deletions have better armed clinicians and geneticists with more accurate and focused prenatal diagnoses. Since mosaicism means a significant increase of recurrence risk, detailed parental profiling is essential for risk assessments. CASE PRESENTATION: We here describe a clinically unaffected mother with a son who had fragile X syndrome (FXS)...
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