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Two Siblings With a CDKL5 Mutation: Genotype and Phenotype Evaluation.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Oct 2015
Hagebeuk Eveline E O, Marcelis Carlo L, Alders Mariëlle, Kaspers Ageeth, de Weerd Al W
Abstract excerpt
This is the second report of a family with a recurrence of a CDKL5 mutation (c. 283-3_290del) in 2 sisters. Both parents tested negative for the mutation in all tissues, but germline mosaicism is likely. Clinically CDKL5 patients resemble those with Rett syndrome, caused by a MECP2 mutation, who experience a regression, after an initial normal development. Even though both siblings showed a typical CDKL5...
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