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Alpha Thalassaemia - Mental Retardation on the X Chromosome

How is it diagnosed?

The red blood cells of someone affected by ATR-X syndrome have a tell-tale appearance under the microscope which allows the diagnosis of ATR-X to be confirmed by a simple blood test.

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Medical text written February 1993 by Dr D Higgs and Dr R Gibbons, MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford UK. Last updated June 2007 by Dr R Gibbons, MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

 

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