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Rett syndrome is a disorder of brain development that occurs almost exclusively in girls. After 6-18 months of apparently normal development, affected girls develop problems with language, learning, coordination, and other brain functions. Repeated hand wringing or washing motions are characteristic of this condition. Research suggests that Rett syndrome occurs most often in females. Males with mutations in the related gene, MECP2, often die before birth or in infancy. 
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A genetic disorder, or genetic disease is a disease caused, at least in part, by the genes of the person with the disease. There are a number of possible causes for genetic defects: * They may be caused by random mutation. * There are genetic disorders caused by the accidental duplication of a chromosome, as in Down syndrome and Klinefelter's syndrome, or repeated duplication of part of a chromosome as in Fragile X syndrome. ...
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Rett Syndrome as related to Genetic Disorders
- Rett Syndrome Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders ...
... syndrome prepared by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and ... Although Rett syndrome is a genetic disorder — resulting from a faulty gene or ...
- International Rett Syndrome Foundation - PTC Therapeutics Honored
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- Rett Syndrome Information Page: National Institute of Neurological ...
Rett Syndrome information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. ... neurodevelopmental disorder that affects ...
- International Rett Syndrome Foundation - For Immediate Release (January ...
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- Autism Speaks, Be Informed, Navigating the Spectrum, Rett Syndrome
... Neurological Disorders and Stroke says children afflicted with Rett Syndrome can ... Rett Syndrome Association, in 1999, scientists discovered a genetic root ...
- CIGNA - Rett Syndrome
myCIGNA Members. Synonyms. Disorder Subdivisions. Related Disorders List ... et al. Neurobiology of Rett syndrome: a genetic disorder of synapse development. ...
- Rett Syndrome - Wikipedia
Article about Rett Syndrome also known as Rett's disorder, is a ... Categories: Pervasive developmental disorders | Genetic disorders | Neurology | Syndromes ...
- Rett Syndrome
Rett syndrome is a neurological and developmental disorder that mostly occurs in ... Rett syndrome is considered one of the autism spectrum disorders. ...
- Rett syndrome: Definition from Answers.com
... Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS), and several other rare disorders as a ... The molecular cause of Rett's disorder is a genetic mutation on the long arm of ...
- Your Child | Rett Syndrome
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- Kennedy Krieger Institute: First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Rett ...
The current research expands upon the growing body of knowledge on the disorder. ... into Rett Syndrome could have implications for a broad range of disorders. ...
- Your Child | Genetic Syndromes
A syndrome is a disease or disorder that has more than one identifying feature or symptom. ... Your Genes, Your Health—a multimedia guide to genetic disorders. ...
- Rett Syndrome: Ummeed.org
Rett Syndrome # PDD-NOS. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Learning ... Rett syndrome is genetic in origin, and is among the most common genetic cause ...
- Rett's disorder - Definition, Description, Causes and symptoms ...
Rett's disorder, which is also known as Rett's syndrome or RS, belongs to a ... The cause of Rett's disorder is a genetic mutation on the long arm of the X ...
- Rett Syndrome Fact Sheet
... Syndrome fact sheet from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders ... Although Rett syndrome is a genetic disorder — resulting from a faulty gene or ...
- What is Rett Syndrome - Early signs of Rhett Syndrome
Rett syndrome is a complex neurological ... However, the incidence of genetic ... Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) | Separation Anxiety Disorder ...
- Kennedy Krieger Institute: Genetic Disorders
Down syndrome, a disorder producing mental retardation due to an extra copy of ... Fragile-X syndrome, Rett syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta and ...
- Rett Syndrome Information on Healthline
... Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), as a developmental disorder of ... involve another genetic disorder known as Klinefelter's syndrome, in which the ...
- NIH - Rett Syndrome
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Rett Syndrome ... Genetic Disorders. Muscle Disorders. Neurologic Diseases (General) Child & Teen Health ...
- NIH Researchers Find That Rett Syndrome Gene is Full of Surprises, May ...
... of Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes autistic behavior and other disabling symptoms. ... http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rett/rett.htm or ...
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