Importance of Rett syndrome in child neurology

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Dunn, Henry G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Methyl CpG binding protein; Positron emission tomography; Transcriptional repression domain; X chromosome; X linked genes

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0035196421     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00335-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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