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Rett syndrome
(redirected from Retts disorder)

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Rett syndrome [ret]
a pervasive developmental disorder affecting the gray matter of the brain, occurring exclusively in females and present from birth; it is characterized by autistic behavior, ataxia, dementia, seizures, and loss of purposeful use of the hands, with cerebral atrophy, mild hyperammonemia, and decreased levels of biogenic amines.


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It is widespread in institutionalized persons with mental retardation as well as in those suffering from specific neurological and psychiatric disorders such as autism, Retts disorder, Tourette syndrome, deLange syndrome, and Lesch Nyhan syndrome (Favazza, 1992; Winchel & Stanley, 1991).
 
 
 
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