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Prevalence of fragile X syndrome

✍ Scribed by Turner, G.; Webb, T.; Wake, S.; Robinson, H.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 11 KB
Volume: 64
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19960712)64:1<196::aid-ajmg35>3.0.co;2-g

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✦ Synopsis

The much-quoted prevalence figure of 1:1,000 males for fragile X syndrome is an overestimate in a mixed ethnic population. A reexamination of the individuals from whom those data were derived using molecular diagnostic techniques demonstrates a more realistic figure of 1:4,000 males.

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