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F Hecht

Publications and source records attributed to F Hecht.

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PubMed1982

Incontinentia pigmenti in Arizona Indians including transmission from mother to son inconsistent with the half chromatid mutation model.

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-linked dominant disease, usually lethal to males. To explain occasional sporadic IP males, the half chromatid mutation model (Gartler & Francke 1975) has been invoked (Lenz 1975). We here report four cases of American Indians with IP. Two girls had sporadic IP. One affected boy's mother had IP. This is the first report of mother-to-son transmission of IP, indicating that a male with an inherited whole chromatid mutation for IP can escape lethality.

Arizona↗
PubMed1982

Fragile X-linked mental retardation of macro-orchidism.

A fragile site near the end of the long arm (q) of the X chromosome appears to be directly related to the gene responsible for the mental retardation found among males and some females who possess this variant X chromosome. Macro-orchidism is present in most males studied. Other mild phenotypic similarities may exist. The expression of the fragile X (fra[X]) chromosome is dependent on the concentration of folic acid and thymidine in the culture medium, which partly explains why fra(X) was not noted earlier and connected promptly with X-linked mental retardation. Whereas prenatal diagnosis is now possible, genetic counseling is complicated by recent reports of "intellectually normal" fra(X) males. Further studies are needed to form solid conclusions about intellectual deficits, learning behavior or personality characteristics of fra(X) persons.

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