title: FRAXE and mental retardation.
abstract: Mental impairment and instability of the CCG repeat at FRAXE is described in six kindreds. Cosegregation of FRAXA and FRAXE was found within one of these kindreds. Cytogenetic expression of FRAXE was shown to skip a generation when associated with a reduction in size of the CCG expansion when transmitted through a male; however, in general, transmission occurred through females and a copy number increased from one generation to the next. In these respects the behaviour of FRAXE paralleled that of FRAXA. A relationship between FRAXE and non-specific mental impairment is strongly suggested by the occurrence in these families of more mentally impaired male and female carriers, after removal of index cases, than could reasonably be expected by chance.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Genetics, Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mulley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Loesch
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gedeon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carbonell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gabarrón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002648:Child; D002873:Chromosome Fragility; D003582:Cytogenetics; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007360:Intelligence / Q000235:genetics; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics