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A fragile X mosaic male with a cryptic full mutation detected in epithelium but not in blood.
American journal of medical genetics - 9 Aug 1996
Maddalena A, Yadvish K N, Spence W C, Howard-Peebles P N
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with developmental delay who are found to have only fragile X premutations present an interpretive dilemma. The presence of the premutation could be an unrelated coincidence, or it could be a sign of mosaicism involving a full mutation in other tissues. To investigate three cases of this type, buccal epithelium was collected on cytology brushes for Southern blot analysis. In one notable case, the...
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