Refining the phenotype associated with MEF2C point mutations.

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Up to now, only five-point mutations in the MEF2C gene have been described in patients with severe mental retardation with absent speech, limited walking abilities, epilepsy, and lack of gross malformations. In brain, MEF2C is essential for early neurogenesis, neuronal migration, and differentiation. Here, we present a new patient with severe mental retardation, epilepsy, and hand stereotypies associated with a...

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