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MECP2 mutation in a boy with severe neonatal encephalopathy: clinical, neuropathological and molecular findings.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Feb 2002
Geerdink N, Rotteveel J J, Lammens M, Sistermans E A, Heikens G T, Gabreëls F J M, Mullaart R A, Hamel B C J
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We describe the clinical and neuropathological presentation of a male with an MECP2 mutation whose sister has Rett syndrome (RS). He presented with severe neonatal encephalopathy and died at the age of 13 months. Mutation analysis of the MECP2 gene demonstrated a 488 - 489 del mutation in his and...
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