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Aspects of Attention in Rett Syndrome.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Apr 2016
Rose Susan A, Djukic Aleksandra, Jankowski Jeffery J, Feldman Judith F, Rimler Menachem
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We sought to examine fundamental aspects of attention in children with Rett syndrome, a severely disabling neurodevelopmental disorder caused by spontaneous mutations in the X-linked MECP2 gene. To gauge their attention, we used eye tracking, which bypasses the profound impairments in expressive language and hand use in Rett syndrome. We report two aspects of attention-shifting and sustaining-basic...
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