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Paternal transmission of a FMR1 full mutation allele.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2017
Alvarez-Mora Maria Isabel, Guitart Miriam, Rodriguez-Revenga Laia, Madrigal Irene, Gabau Elisabeth, Milà Montserrat
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability (ID) and autism. In most of cases, the molecular basis of this syndrome is a CGG repeat expansion in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene. It is inherited as an X linked dominant trait, with a reduced penetrance (80% for males and 30% for females). Full mutation (FM) expansion from premutated alleles (PM) is only acquired...
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