The Incidence of Rett Syndrome in France

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-375

  Bienvenu, Thierry ^a   Philippe, Christophe ^b   De Roux, Nicolas ^c   Raynaud, Martine ^d   Bonnefond, Jean Paul ^e   Pasquier, Laurent ^f   Lesca, Gaetan ^g   Mancini, Josette ^h   Jonveaux, Philippe ^b   Moncla, Anne ^h   Feingold, Josué ^a   Chelly, Jamel ^a   Villard, Laurent ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^f RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVENTORY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 33646122868     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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