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Cytogenetic and molecular-cytogenetic studies of Rett syndrome (RTT): a retrospective analysis of a Russian cohort of RTT patients (the investigation of 57 girls and three boys).
Brain & development - 1 Dec 2001
Vorsanova S G, Yurov Y B, Ulas V Y, Demidova I A, Sharonin V O, Kolotii A D, Gorbatchevskaia N L, Beresheva A K, Soloviev I V
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with an incidence of 2.5% in mentally retarded girls in Russia. We have performed cytogenetic studies of 60 patients (57 girls and three boys) with a clinical picture of RTT, selected according to the criteria for diagnosis of RTT defined by B. Hagberg et al. in 1996. Collection of DNA samples and fixed cell suspensions of RTT patients (37 girls and two...
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