Open AccessA girl with Rett Syndrome
Author(s) -
SP Abeywardena,
ACD De Alwis,
GWJ Keerthiwansa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sri lanka journal of child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2386-110X
pISSN - 1391-5452
DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v34i4.393
Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , publishing , girl , transparency (behavior) , scopus , child health , rett syndrome , library science , family medicine , medical education , political science , medline , south asia , law , history , psychology , chemistry , ethnology , developmental psychology , computer science , biochemistry , gene
Although Rett syndrome (RS) was first described by Andreas Rett in 1966, this disorder became internationally recognized only after the report of Hagberg et al. in 1983. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder which affects almost exclusively girls and is associated with deceleration of head growth, typical stereotyped hand movements, severe mental deficiency, cortical and extrapyramidal dysfunction including gait disturbance and truncal ataxia as well as loss of purposeful use of the hands. Key words: Rett syndrome, girl doi: 10.4038/sljch.v34i4.393 Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health , 2005; 34: 126-7
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