MECP2 mutation screening in Swedish classical Rett syndrome females.

Rett syndrome (RS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder almost exclusively affecting females. We have studied the mutation spectrum of the responsible gene MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2), in 16 sporadic classical RS females from Sweden. In 13 of 16 patients (81%) we detected nonsen...

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Published in:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 117 - 122
Main Authors: Erlandson A, Hallberg B, Hagberg B, Wahlström J, Martinsson T
Format: research tables/charts tracings Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature 2001
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