De novo deletion in MECP2 in a monozygotic twin pair: A case report

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mittal, Kirti ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^b   Juyal, Ramesh ^c   BK, Thelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETT SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT STATURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TWINS; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETT SYNDROME; SEQUENCE DELETION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 80052029883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-12-113     Document Type: Article

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