A novel hypomorphic MECP2 point mutation is associated with a neuropsychiatric phenotype.

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Published in Hum Genet on November 07, 2008

Authors

Abidemi A Adegbola1, Michael L Gonzales, Andrew Chess, Janine M LaSalle, Gerald F Cox

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Genetic Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. abidemi.adegbola@childrens.harvard.edu

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