Rett's Syndrome

  • Facts:
    Deterioration of previously acquired skills
    Usual begins around 5 months
    Almost exclusively in females
  • History / PE:
    Initial period of normal development
    Followed by loss of hand coordination, weird hand movements
    DIminished social actions
    Deceleration of head growth
    Seizures
    Ataxia
    Mental retardation
  • See Also:
    Childhood disintegrative disorder



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July 15th 2010