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Triplet repeat expansion at the FRAXE locus and X-linked mild mental handicap.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 1994
Knight S J, Voelckel M A, Hirst M C, Flannery A V, Moncla A, Davies K E
Abstract excerpt
We have recently shown that the expression of the FRAXE fragile site in Xq28 is associated with the expansion of a GCC trinucleotide repeat. In the families studied, FRAXE expression is also associated with mild mental handicap. Here we present data on families that previously had been diagnosed as having the fragile X syndrome but that later were found to be negative for trinucleotide repeat expansion at the...
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