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FRAXA and FRAXE prevalence in patients with nonspecific mental retardation in the Hellenic population.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1998
Syrrou M, Georgiou I, Grigoriadou M, Petersen M B, Kitsiou S, Pagoulatos G, Patsalis P C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at FRAXA and FRAXE loci are due to expansions of a CGG trinucleotide repeat and are characterized by mental retardation. Here we report a pilot screening survey by means of cytogenetic and molecular methods of 433 unrelated retarded individuals and their parents of Hellenic origin coming from various parts of Greece and Cyprus. The purpose of the study was to estimate the frequency of FRAXA mutation in...
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