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Fragile X Syndrome: Introduction

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1942))

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Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is one of the most common reasons for intellectual disability (ID). First described in the 1940s, it took many years to understand the disease. The awe-inspiring breakthroughs in both science and technology facilitated the recognition of the unique inheritance pattern and the genetic mechanism of fragile X. In this chapter we describe the history and evolution of our understanding of FXS as mirrored by advances in genetics.

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  1. Genetic Institute and Racine IVF Unit at Lis Maternity Hospital Tel Aviv, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Adi Reches

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  1. Wolfe PGD Stem Cell Lab, Racine IVF Unit at Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Dalit Ben-Yosef

  2. Wolfe PGD Stem Cell Lab, Racine IVF Unit at Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Yoav Mayshar

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Reches, A. (2019). Fragile X Syndrome: Introduction. In: Ben-Yosef, D., Mayshar, Y. (eds) Fragile-X Syndrome. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1942. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9080-1_1

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