Preserved speech variants of the Rett syndrome: Molecular and clinical analysis

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-22

  Rauchman, Michael ^a   Hoffman, William H ^b   Hanna, James D ^b   Kulharya, Anita S ^b   Figueroa, Ramon E ^b   Yang, Jing ^a   Tuck Miller, Cathy M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

MECP2 gene; Modifier gene; PSV

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDER; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0035889272     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10005     Document Type: Article

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