National Fragile X Awareness Day
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on July 21st, 2009 in In The News, Linked Articles.
Chances are that you’ve never heard of it, but Fragile X Syndrome is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability affecting an estimated 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 6,000-8,000 females.
It is not contagious or the result of a particular behavior, but is passed from one generation to another. Fragile X is a group of disorders caused by a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome. It may be carried by both males and females and can be diagnosed through DNA testing…
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