Rett syndrome, an odd disorder affecting girls; update of 25-year follow-up in western Sweden;Retts syndrom - Ett egenartat handikapp som drabbar flicker: Aktuell västsvensk uppföljning genom 25 år

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Volumn 96, Issue 49, 1999, Pages 5488-5490

  Hagberg, Bengt ^a,c   Berg, Marie ^b   Steffenburg, Ulf ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Västra Frölunda ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033536967     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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