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Associations Among Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Patterns, Medication Use, and Behavioral Phenotype Features in a Community Sample of Rett Syndrome.
American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities - 1 Sept 2020
Byiers Breanne J, Payen Ameante, Feyma Timothy, Panoskaltsis-Mortari Angela, Ehrhardt Michael J, Symons Frank J
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from mutations of the MECP2 gene. Hyperactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and abnormal stress responses have been observed in animal models of RTT, but little is known about HPA axis function among individuals with RTT. Diurnal salivary cortisol patterns from 30 females with RTT were examined in relation to mutation type,...
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