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RTT is usually associated with normal development in infancy followed by loss of acquired skills and evolution of characteristic hand wringing movements and episodes of hyperventilation.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>A panel of 25 female and 22 male patients with a clinical diagnosis of AS and no molecular abnormality of 15q11-13 were screened for <jats:italic>MECP2<\/jats:italic> mutations and these were identified in four females and one male. Following the diagnosis, it was possible to elicit a history of regression in three of these patients, who by then were showing features suggestive of Rett syndrome. In the remaining two subjects the clinical phenotype was still considered to be Angelman-like.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>These findings illustrate the phenotypic overlap between the two conditions and suggest that screening for<jats:italic>MECP2<\/jats:italic> mutations should be considered in AS patients without a demonstrable molecular or cytogenetic abnormality of 15q11-13. 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