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Is Low FMR1 CGG Repeat Length in Males Correlated with Family History of BRCA-Associated Cancers? An Exploratory Analysis of Medical Records.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Dec 2017
Adamsheck Hallee C, Petty Elizabeth M, Hong Jinkuk, Baker Mei W, Brilliant Murray H, Mailick Marsha R
Abstract excerpt
The FMR1 gene has been studied extensively with regard to expansions and premutations, but much less research has focused on potential effects of low CGG repeat length. Previous studies have demonstrated that BRCA1/2 positive women are more likely to have an FMR1 genotype with one low CGG allele, and that women with both FMR1 alleles in the low CGG repeat range are more likely to have had breast cancer compared...
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