Eating difficulties in girls with Rett syndrome compared with other developmental disabilities

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-230

  Isaacs, Janet Sugarman ^a,c   Murdock, Marianne ^b   Lane, Jane ^b   Percy, Alan K ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPHAGIA; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCEPHALY; NUTRITION; PARENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CALORIC INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EATING; GROWTH DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0037313325     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jada.2003.50026     Document Type: Article

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