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Mutational analysis of MECP2 in Japanese patients with atypical Rett syndrome.
Brain & development - 1 Jul 2001
Inui K, Akagi M, Ono J, Tsukamoto H, Shimono K, Mano T, Imai K, Yamada M, Muramatsu T, Sakai N, Okada S
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome (RTT) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in females. Recently, this disease was found to be linked with mutations in the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2) and various mutations have been reported. To explore the spectrum of phenotypes resulting from MECP2 mutations, we searched for mutations in the MECP2 of 20 Japanese patients who had more than five of the criteria...
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