Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle)
November 2021
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is caused by a full mutation in the FMR1 gene, defined by >200 CGG repeats. It is the leading cause of inherited intellectual disability, but presents with a wide range of clinical variability in males and particularly amongst females. This article aims to review the perspectives of women with the full mutation in relation to Fragile X Syndrome identification, romantic desires, and reproductive decision making.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFOXP1 syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations or deletions that disrupt the forkhead box protein 1 (FOXP1) gene, which encodes a transcription factor important for the early development of many organ systems, including the brain. Numerous clinical studies have elucidated the role of FOXP1 in neurodevelopment and have characterized a phenotype. FOXP1 syndrome is associated with intellectual disability, language deficits, autism spectrum disorder, hypotonia, and congenital anomalies, including mild dysmorphic features, and brain, cardiac, and urogenital abnormalities.
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