Prevalence of fragile X syndrome.
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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Hunter Genetics Service, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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Wake
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Robinson
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D005260:Female; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D015995:Prevalence