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Molecular or clinical diagnosis of RTT syndrome?

 

Khandare V J*, Usha Dave**, Muralidhar Mahajan***

 

*Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMERS Medical College Valsad, Gujarat, INDIA.

**Director, ***Clinical Geneticist and Paediatrician, MILS Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: vilasjkhandare@yahoo.com

 

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