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Screening of the duplication 24 pb of ARX gene in Moroccan patients with X-linked Intellectual Disability.
BMC research notes - 23 Mar 2021
Benmakhlouf Yousra, Touraine Renaud, Harzallah Ines, Zian Zeineb, Ben Makhlouf Kaoutar, Barakat Amina, Ghailani Nourouti Naima, Bennani Mechita Mohcine
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OBJECTIVE: Intellectual Disability (ID) represents a neuropsychiatric disorder, which its etiopathogenesis remains insufficiently understood. Mutations in the Aristaless Related Homeobox gene (ARX) have been identified to cause syndromic and nonsyndromic (NS-ID). The most recurrent mutation of this gene is a duplication of 24pb, c.428-451dup. Epidemiological and genetic studies about ID in the Moroccan population...
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