Investigating genotype-phenotype relationships in Rett syndrome using an international data set

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 868-875

  Bebbington, A ^a   Anderson, A ^a   Ravine, D ^b   Fyfe, S ^c   Pineda, M ^d   De Klerk, N ^a   Ben Zeev, B ^e   Yatawara, N ^c   Percy, A ^f   Kaufmann, W E ^g   Leonard, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Research and Development Unit   (Spain)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549110266     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000304752.50773.ec     Document Type: Article

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