CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR-GENETIC DIAGNOSTICS OF RETT-SYNDROME IN CHILDREN

Authors
VORSANOVA SG DEMIDOVA IA ULAS VY SOLOVYEV IV KRAVETS VS KAZANTSEVA LZ YUROV YB
Citation
Sg. Vorsanova et al., CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR-GENETIC DIAGNOSTICS OF RETT-SYNDROME IN CHILDREN, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 98(4), 1998, pp. 53-56
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
98
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
53 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1998)98:4<53:CAMDOR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Rett syndrome in 32 children (31 girls and 1 boy) was diagnosed accord ing to International association on Rett syndrome. The phenomenon of t he presence of special type of late-replicating chromosome X (type C) was revealed, This phenomenon may be recommended as a diagnostic test for both preclinical period of development of the disease and in atypi cal cases of Rett syndrome.