Preserved speech variant is allelic of classic Rett syndrome

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 325-330

  De Bona, Cristina ^d   Zappella, Michele ^a   Hayek, Giuseppe ^a   Meloni, Ilaria ^d   Vitelli, Francesca ^d   Bruttini, Mirella ^d   Cusano, Roberto ^b   Loffredo, Paola ^d   Longo, Ilaria ^d   Renieri, Alessandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

MECP2; Preserved speech variant; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0034088550     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200473     Document Type: Article

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