A severe mental retardation disease with defect in chromatin remodeling: ATR-X syndrome
β Scribed by Takahito Wada
- Book ID
- 116774960
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-0102
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X-linked alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome (ATR-X) is a syndromic form of X-linked mental retardation. We investigated the X-inactivation status of nine female ATR-X carriers by methylation-specific PCR of the HUMARA gene. Six carriers demonstrated a skewed X-inactivation pattern (>90:10
## Abstract A family with an Xβlinked mental retardation syndrome involving seven children in two generations is reported. The syndrome includes microcephaly, severe mental retardation, optic atrophy with severely impaired vision or blindness, a severe hearing defect, spasticity, epileptic seizures