A Novel FMR1 PCR Method for the Routine Detection of Low Abundance Expanded Alleles and Full Mutations in Fragile X Syndrome
- 1 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 56 (3), 399-408
- https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2009.136101
Abstract
Background: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a trinucleotide-repeat disease caused by the expansion of CGG sequences in the 5′ untranslated region of the FKeywords
Funding Information
- National Fragile X Foundation
- NIH
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