CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2013

  • question_answer
    Fragile X syndrome is characterised by

    A)  excessive bleeding

    B)  colour blindness

    C)  paralysis of a limb

    D)  mental retardation and abnormal facial appearance with large ears and long face

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Fragile X syndrome also known is Martin Bell syndrome, discovered by Martin and Bell in 1943. The term Fragilie X is derived from the fact that the X-chromosome of affected individuals, when cultured in a medium that is deficient in folic acid exhibits breaks or graps near the tip of long arm.


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