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Global prevalence of Rett syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Systematic reviews - 16 Jan 2023
Petriti Uarda, Dudman Daniel C, Scosyrev Emil, Lopez-Leon Sandra
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BACKGROUND: Rett syndrome is a rare, severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Almost all cases occur in girls, in association with spontaneous (non-inherited) mutations involving the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene located on the X chromosome. Diagnostic criteria for typical Rett syndrome require a period of regression, followed by recovery or stabilization, and fulfillment of all four main criteria (loss of...
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