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Genetic and clinical variations in a Norwegian sample diagnosed with Rett syndrome.
Brain & development - 1 Aug 2020
Henriksen Mari Wold, Breck Hilde, Sejersted Yngve, Diseth Trond, von Tetzchner Stephen, Paus Benedicte, Skjeldal Ola H
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder mainly caused by mutations in MECP2. The diagnostic criteria of RTT are clinical; mutations in MECP2 are neither diagnostic nor necessary, and a mutation in another gene does not exclude RTT. We attempted to correlate genotype and phenotype to see if there are significant clinical associations. METHODS: All available females diagnosed...
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