HOW IS FRAGILE X SYNDROME INHERITED?

The gene for Fragile X syndrome carried on the X chromosome. Because both males (XY) and females (XX) have at least one X chromosome, both can pass on the mutated gene to their children.

If the mother has the altered gene for Fragile X she can pass that gene to either her sons or her daughters

If the mother has the mutated gene on one chromosome and has one normal X chromosome, and the father has no genetic mutations, all the children have a 50-50 change of inheriting the mutated gene.


TREATMENT OF FRAGILEX SYNDROME


Standart treatment includes specialeducation, speech, occupational, and sensory integration traning; and behavior modification program