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Two families with Xq27.3 fragility, no detectable insert in the FMR-1 gene, mild mental impairment, and absence of the Martin-Bell phenotype

Two families with Xq27.3 fragility, no detectable insert in the FMR-1 gene, mild mental impairment, and absence of the Martin-Bell phenotype
Two families with Xq27.3 fragility, no detectable insert in the FMR-1 gene, mild mental impairment, and absence of the Martin-Bell phenotype
In 2 families, propositi were investigated because of mild developmental delay and, in one case, behavior disorders. Seven males in the 2 families were found to have a fragile site at Xq27.3 but the usual insert in the FMR-1 gene was absent. The affected males had mild, or in some cases, no clear intellectual impairment and did not have the Martin-Bell phenotype. Carrier females in one family tended to show a high level of cytogenetic expression of the fragile site but were clinically normal.

It is not yet clear whether these families have unusual mutations in the FMR-1 gene or whether their fragile sites are different, but cytogenetically indistinguishable from, that associated with inserts in the FMR-1 gene
fragile X, FMR-1, X-linked, mental retardation, behavior disorder
1552-4841
232-236
Dennis, Nicholas R.
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Curtis, Greta
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Macpherson, James N.
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Jacobs, Patricia A.
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Dennis, Nicholas R.
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Curtis, Greta
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Macpherson, James N.
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Jacobs, Patricia A.
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Dennis, Nicholas R., Curtis, Greta, Macpherson, James N. and Jacobs, Patricia A. (1992) Two families with Xq27.3 fragility, no detectable insert in the FMR-1 gene, mild mental impairment, and absence of the Martin-Bell phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 43 (1-2), 232-236. (doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320430137).

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Abstract

In 2 families, propositi were investigated because of mild developmental delay and, in one case, behavior disorders. Seven males in the 2 families were found to have a fragile site at Xq27.3 but the usual insert in the FMR-1 gene was absent. The affected males had mild, or in some cases, no clear intellectual impairment and did not have the Martin-Bell phenotype. Carrier females in one family tended to show a high level of cytogenetic expression of the fragile site but were clinically normal.

It is not yet clear whether these families have unusual mutations in the FMR-1 gene or whether their fragile sites are different, but cytogenetically indistinguishable from, that associated with inserts in the FMR-1 gene

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Published date: April 1992
Keywords: fragile X, FMR-1, X-linked, mental retardation, behavior disorder
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 366299
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/366299
ISSN: 1552-4841
PURE UUID: fcc015a5-6b32-4a19-a001-865bda106f05

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 17:06

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Author: Nicholas R. Dennis
Author: Greta Curtis
Author: James N. Macpherson
Author: Patricia A. Jacobs

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