Rett syndrome: An overlooked diagnosis in women with stereotypic hand movements, psychomotor retardation, Parkinsonism, and dystonia?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-389

  Roze, Emmanuel ^a,b   Cochen, Valérie ^a,c   Sangla, Sophie ^a   Bienvenu, Thierry ^d   Roubergue, Anne ^a,e   Leu Semenescu, Smaranda ^a   Vidaihet, Marie ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Motor stereotypies; Parkinsonism; Psychomotor retardation; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RETT SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 34147151689     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21276     Document Type: Article

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