The fragile X syndromes.

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Fragile X syndrome is a leading cause of mental retardation worldwide, with an incidence of approximately one case in 2000 live births. It is amongst the most common of human genetic diseases, and was the first to be associated with an unstable trinucleotide (CGG) repeat sequence. It is also characterized by a chromosomal fragile site which was the first of (now) four such sites to be identified at the molecular...

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