Rett syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization of two Brazilian patients Síndrome de Rett: caracterização clínica e molecular de dois casos brasileiros

BACKGROUND: Rett syndrome (RS) is recognized as a pan-ethnic condition. Since the identification of mutations in the MECP2 gene, more patients have been diagnosed, and a broad spectrum of phenotypes has been reported. There is a lack of phenotype-genotype studies. OBJECTIVE: To describe two cases of...

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Main Authors: Andrea Stachon, Francisco Baptista Assumpção Jr, Salmo Raskin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000100009