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The WA Kids Cancer Centre brings together clinicians and researchers working together to defeat childhood cancer.

In this The Kids Research Institute Australia subsite, our Rett syndrome research team manages a national and international database of Rett syndrome.

Publications from 2017 dating back to 2004 of CDKL5 researchers.

We aim to share our research findings with families so that they may better understand Rett syndrome and the future for their family.

This study explored relationships between speech and language abilities in girls with Rett syndrome and how they may be affected by the type of genetic mutation

We interviewed 17 parents with a daughter with Rett syndrome to gain their perspectives on how their daughter communicates and barriers.

We hypothesised that MECP2 mutations occur predominantly on the male derived X chromosome.

We investigated the factors that may affect the age at diagnosis for girls and woman with Rett syndrome.

For this study, we examined how Rett syndrome characteristics can be affected by X-inactivation for 2 of the common types of mutation - p.R168X and p.T158M.

We used multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification to examine the MECP2 gene sequences in 149 girls and 1 boy.