FMR1CGG expansions: Prevalence and sex ratios
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FMR1 CGG expansions: prevalence and sex ratios.
We have estimated the prevalence of FMR1 premutation and gray zone CGG repeat expansions in a population-based sample of 19,996 male and female adults in Wisconsin and compared the observed sex ratios of the prevalence of FMR1 CGG premutation and gray zone expansions to theoretical sex ratios. The female premutation prevalence was 1 in 148 and comparable to past research, but the male premutati...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1552-4841
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32176