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Rett syndrome: investigation of nine patients, including PET scan.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Nov 2002
Dunn Henry G, Stoessl A Jon, Ho Helena H, MacLeod Patrick M, Poskitt Kenneth J, Doudet Doris J, Schulzer Michael, Blackstock Derek, Dobko Teresa, Koop Ben, de Amorim Giovana V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We describe nine females with Rett Syndrome (RS), aged 14 to 26 years. All had had developmental delay before the end of their first year and had subsequently regressed to profound dementia with apraxia, ataxia, irregular respirations and often also seizures. METHODS: The Revised Gesell developmental assessment and Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile were used in modified form. Volumetric measurements...
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