Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Causes

Causes of Fragile X is :
  • Mutation to a certain gene named FMR1 that is responsible for making the protein that is imperative for brain development.
  • FMR1 stands for "Fragile X Mental Retardation 1.
  • This disorder is recessive
  • The X chromrosome is involved in this syndrome. The female has two X chromosomes while the male only has one .
  • Autosomal homozygous recessive

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