AGG interruptions within the maternal FMR1 gene reduce the risk of offspring with fragile X syndrome

PURPOSE: The ability to accurately predict the likelihood of expansion of the CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene to a full mutation is of critical importance for genetic counseling of women who are carriers of premutation alleles (55–200 CGG repeats) and who are weighing the risk of having a child with fr...

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Main Authors: Yrigollen, Carolyn M., Durbin-Johnson, Blythe, Gane, Louise, Nelson, David L., Hagerman, Randi, Hagerman, Paul J., Tassone, Flora
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22498846
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gim.2012.34
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