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A novel CDKL5 mutation in a 47,XXY boy with the early-onset seizure variant of Rett syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2009
Sartori Stefano, Di Rosa Gabriella, Polli Roberta, Bettella Elisa, Tricomi Giovanni, Tortorella Gaetano, Murgia Alessandra
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 gene (CDKL5), reported almost exclusively in female subjects, have been recently found to be the cause of a phenotype overlapping Rett syndrome with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy. We describe the first CDKL5 mutation detected in a male individual with 47,XXY karyotype. This previously unreported, de novo, mutation truncates the large CDKL5 COOH-terminal...
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