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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2001 Oct; 44(4): 499-502
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-73628
RESUMO
Fragile X syndrome is the most common of the inherited disorders causing mental retardation. This disorder results from an abnormal expansion in (CGG)n in repeat found in the coding sequence of the FMRI gene, located at Xq 27.3. Previously it was detected by Karyotyping. With the advent of Molecular Biology PCR, has become the best method in the diagnosis of this disorder. This is a case report of a family with this disorder detected by PCR.