Low significance of MECP2 mutations as a cause of mental retardation in Brazilian males

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-297

  Campos Jr , Mário ^a   Abdalla, Cláudia Bueno ^a   Santos Rebouças, Cíntia Barros ^a   dos Santos, Adriana Vaz ^a   Pestana, Cristiane Pinheiro ^a   Domingues, Mariana Lopes ^a   dos Santos, Jussara Mendonça ^a   Pimentel, Márcia Mattos Gonçalves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male patients; MECP2; Mental retardation; XLMR

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRONS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947604797     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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