Neurodevelopmental disorders in males related to the gene causing Rett syndrome in females (MECP2).

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Mutations in the MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein 2) gene are known to cause Rett syndrome, a well-known and clinically defined neurodevelopmental disorder. Rett syndrome occurs almost exclusively in females and for a long time was thought to be an X-linked dominant condition lethal in hemizygous males. Since the discovery of the MECP2 gene as the cause of Rett syndrome in 1999, MECP2 mutations have, however,...

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