Two sisters with Rett syndrome and non-identical paternally-derived microdeletions in the MECP2 gene

Genomic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Rosser, Lyndon G ^a   McKee, Shane ^b   Millar, David S ^c   Archer, Hayley ^a   Hughes, James ^d   Butler, Rachel ^a   Chuzhanova, Nadia ^e   Cooper, David N ^c   Lazarou, Lazarus P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DAISY HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial non identical mutations; MECP2 gene; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049131131     PISSN: 18717934     EISSN: 18717942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11568-008-9026-9     Document Type: Article

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