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Prenatal diagnosis and carrier screening for fragile X by PCR.
American journal of medical genetics - 12 Jul 1996
Brown W T, Nolin S, Houck G, Ding X, Glicksman A, Li S Y, Stark-Houck S, Brophy P, Duncan C, Dobkin C, Jenkins E
Abstract excerpt
During the past three years, we have conducted fragile X DNA studies for carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis using a previously described PCR protocol that accurately resolves normal FMR1 alleles and premutations and detects most full mutations [Brown et al., JAMA 270:1569-1575, 1996]. A total of 344 pregnant women with a family history of mental retardation of unknown cause were screened and 6 fragile X...
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