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Fragile X premutation carrier screening in Pakistani preconception women in primary care consultation.
BMC women's health - 4 Mar 2022
Meraj Neelam, Yasin Muhammad, Rehman Zia Ur, Tahir Haleema, Jadoon Humaira, Khan Niamat, Shahid Rabia, Zubair Maria, Zulfiqar Irba, Jabeen Musarrat, Neelam Shahzadi, Hameed Abdul, Saleha Shamim
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PURPOSE: Women of reproductive age who carry fragile X premutation (PM) alleles have 56 to 200 CGG repeats in the 5'-untranslated region of FMR1 gene are at increased risk for producing children with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorders (ASD) due to expansion of PM alleles to full mutation alleles (> 200 repeats) during maternal transmission. METHODS: In present study fragile X PM carrier...
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