Rett syndrome in Saudi Arabia: Report of six patients

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Al Jarallah, Ahmed A ^a,b   Salih, Mustafa A M ^a   Al Nasser, Mohammed N ^a   Al Zamil, Fahad A ^a   Al Gethmi, Jamel ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; RETT SYNDROME; SPEECH;

EID: 0029903365     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747849     Document Type: Article

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