The Changing Face of Survival in Rett Syndrome and MECP2-Related Disorders

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 402-411

  Tarquinio, Daniel C ^a   Hou, Wei ^b   Neul, Jeffrey L ^c   Kaufmann, Walter E ^d   Glaze, Daniel G ^c   Motil, Kathleen J ^c   Skinner, Steven A ^e   Lee, Hye Seung ^f   Percy, Alan K ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; prognosis; Rett syndrome; risk factors; survival

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETT SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945459397     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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