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A new member of the IL-1 receptor family highly expressed in hippocampus and involved in X-linked mental retardation
We demonstrate here the importance of interleukin signalling pathways in cognitive function and the normal physiology of the CNS. Thorough investigation of an MRX critical region in Xp22.1–21.3 enabled us to i...
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Oligophrenin-1 encodes a rhoGAP protein involved in X-linked mental retardation
Primary or nonspecific X-linked mental retardation (MRX) is a heterogeneous condition in which affected patients do not have any distinctive clinical or biochemical features in common apart from cognitive impa...
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Linkage study of a large family with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with reduced expression
We describe a large three generation family with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Ultrasonographic screening of 60 family members revealed 20 individuals, whose age ranged from ten to eighty...
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and α−4.2 thalassemia in a Caucasian family
We describe the first known association between autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and α−4.2 thalassemia in a Caucasian family. Linkage studies have been carried out using two probes (3′ HVR and...