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Neurological symptoms in female carriers of the fragile X mental retardation premutation gene

Doerflinger, Melanie (2006-07-07)

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by an expanded trinucleotide repeat in the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1). Premutation alleles (55-200 CGG repeats) of FMR1 are known to contribute to the fragile X phenotype ...