Change in gross motor abilities of girls and women with rett syndrome over a 3- to 4-year period

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1237-1245

  Foley, Kitty Rose ^a   Downs, Jenny ^b,c   Bebbington, Ami ^b   Jacoby, Peter ^b   Girdler, Sonya ^a   Kaufmann, Walter E ^d   Leonard, Helen ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gross motor function; longitudinal; MECP2 mutation; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARGININE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETT SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054021471     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811402688     Document Type: Article

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