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An unusual fragile X sibship: female compound heterozygote and male with a partially methylated full mutation.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 1998
Russo S, Briscioli V, Cogliati F, Macchi M, Lalatta F, Larizza L
Abstract excerpt
We describe here a fragile X sibship of borderline retarded sister and brother born to carrier parents. The sister is a compound heterozygote (with a full mutation on one X chromosome and a pre-mutation on the other X chromosome). The brother has a partially methylated full mutation. The activation ratio (AR) for the sister's pre-mutation was 0.69 and the percent lack of methylation for the brother's full...
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