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World Fragile X Day “July 22”: “Right to Understand – together, we break barriers.”

To increase awareness of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), the most prevalent inherited cause of intellectual disability and a major recognized genetic cause of autism spectrum disease, July 22 is designated as World Fragile X Day each year. Cause A mutation in the X chromosomal gene FMR1 is the cause of fragile X syndrome. This alteration […]