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Homozygosity for MECP2 gene in a girl with classical Rett syndrome.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Karall Daniela, Haberlandt Edda, Scholl-Bürgi Sabine, Baumgartner Sara, Naudó Montserrat, Martorell Loreto
Abstract excerpt
We report a 21 year-old girl with classical Rett syndrome (RS) based on clinical diagnosis. The molecular testing of MECP2 gene revealed that the patient is homozygous for a de novo 473C > T mutation, causing the T158M amino acid change. Chromosome analysis showed a normal karyotype, and the haplotype analysis ruled out the possibility of parental disomy or microdeletion in MECP2 gene. Cultured fibroblast...
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