Novel MECP2 Mutation c.1162_1172del; p.Pro388* in Two Patients with Symptoms of Atypical Rett Syndrome. 2019

Ulrike Bernstein, and Stephanie Demuth, and Oliver Puk, and Birgit Eichhorn, and Solveig Schulz
Center of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.

We report 2 cases of girls with MECP2 gene variants who do not have typical clinical features of Rett syndrome except for intellectual disability and seizures. Both patients present with adipositas, macrocephalia, precocious puberty, and seizures. They have prominent eyebrows and a short neck as well as short and plump fingers. Sequencing by NGS revealed a novel variant c.1162_1172del; p.Pro388* in both patients.

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