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Family as a Context for Child Development: Mothers with the FMR1 Premutation and Their Children with Fragile X Syndrome.
Seminars in speech and language - 1 Aug 2021
Bangert Katherine, Moser Carly, Friedman Laura, Klusek Jessica
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder caused by changes of the FMR1 gene that is passed along among families. A range of developmental processes may be impacted with wide variation in abilities across individuals with FXS. Mothers of children with FXS are often carriers of a "premutation" expansion on the FMR1 gene, which is associated with its own clinical phenotype. These maternal features may increase...
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