Rett's syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-160

  Bathla, Manish ^a   Chandna, Shalu ^a   Bathla, Jagdish C ^b  

^a MM Medical College   (India)

^b Bathla Psychiatry Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

EEG; MRI; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Pervasive developmental disorder; Rett's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 77956969573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14331055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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