Aspects of speech-language abilities are influenced by MECP2 mutation type in girls with Rett syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 354-362

  Urbanowicz, Anna ^a,b   Downs, Jenny ^a,c   Girdler, Sonya ^c   Ciccone, Natalie ^b   Leonard, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotype phenotype correlation; Language; MECP2; Regression; Rett syndrome; Speech

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECP2 GENE; POINT MUTATION; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL; AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH;

EID: 84921326626     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36871     Document Type: Article

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