Rett syndrome. A review with emphasis on clinical characteristics and intervention

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1517-1541

  Lotan, Meir ^a   Ben Zeev, Bruria ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Rett syndrome; Review

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPRAMINE; KETOCONAZOLE; QUINIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; THIORIDAZINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIPPOTHERAPY; HORSE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33845485660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2006.249     Document Type: Review

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