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The role of different X-inactivation pattern on the variable clinical phenotype with Rett syndrome.
Brain & development - 1 Dec 2001
Ishii T, Makita Y, Ogawa A, Amamiya S, Yamamoto M, Miyamoto A, Oki J
Abstract excerpt
A gene for Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2), which locates Xq28, was recently found to be responsible for Rett syndrome. Although mutational analyses of MECP2 in Rett syndrome have been extensively analyzed, the mechanism(s) by which variable clinical phenotype occurred between affected monozygotic twins or sisters have not been clarified. We hypothesized that the difference of X-inactivation pattern might...
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