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Fragile X syndrome in females - a familial case report and review of the literature.
Developmental period medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Stembalska Agnieszka, Łaczmańska Izabela, Gil Justyna, Pesz Karolina A
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BACKGROUND: Fragile X syndrome (FXS), one of the manifestations of FMR1-related disorders, is one of the most frequent genetic causes of intellectual disability. In over 99% of all cases it results from the expansion of CGG repeats in the 5'-untranslated region of the FMR1 gene and presents in males and in about 50% of the females with an FMR1 full mutation, usually with a milder phenotype. OBJECTIVE: Although...
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