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Fragile X Syndrome (Martin-Bell Syndrome, FXS)

Anesthesia Implications

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Pathophysiology

Fragile X syndrome, also called Martin-Bell syndrome, is a CGG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the FMR1 gene on the X chromosome. Above roughly 200 repeats the expanded region is hypermethylated,...

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