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Review
. 2002 Dec;71(6):1259-72.
doi: 10.1086/345360. Epub 2002 Nov 19.

Rett syndrome and MeCP2: linking epigenetics and neuronal function

Mona D Shahbazian  1 , Huda Y Zoghbi
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Review

Rett syndrome and MeCP2: linking epigenetics and neuronal function

Mona D Shahbazian et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Dec.
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References

Electronic-Database Information

    1. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/ (for RTT [MIM 312750] and MeCP2 [MIM 300005])

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