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Fragile X syndrome.
Advances in pediatrics - 1 Jan 1994
Laxova R
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1. Fragile X syndrome is defined by the combination of a characteristic phenotype, cognitive impairment, the presence of a fragile site (gap) detectable in folate-free culture medium on Xq27.3 called FRA X A, and transcriptional inhibition, through overmethylation, of an mRNA protein-binding gene called FMR-1. 2. It is inherited in an atypical X-linked dominant way and affects about 1 in 1000 males and 1 in 2000...
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