Article
Rett syndrome: a review of current knowledge.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Dec 1991
Van Acker R
Abstract excerpt
Rett syndrome was first described in 1966 by Andreas Rett. To date, this syndrome has been reported only to afflict females. The disorder is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive and motor skills as well as the development of stereotypic hand movements, occurring after an apparently normal 6 to 18 months of development. Although Rett syndrome is thought to afflict as many as 10,000 girls in the United...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Neurologic Examination
- Phenotype
- Rett Syndrome
- Stereotyped Behavior