Should we implement population screening for fragile X?
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Fragile X syndrome (FXS), caused by a trinucleotide expansion (>200 CGG repeats) in the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1), is currently not included in newborn screening (NBS) panels in the United States as it does not meet the standards for recommendation. Although in the past few years FXS has met many of the criteria for population screening and studies have shown that NBS for FXS ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Genetics in Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1098-3600,1530-0366
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2017.81