"Rett Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inherited neurological developmental disorder that is associated with X-LINKED INHERITANCE and may be lethal in utero to hemizygous males. The affected female is normal until the age of 6-25 months when progressive loss of voluntary control of hand movements and communication skills; ATAXIA; SEIZURES; autistic behavior; intermittent HYPERVENTILATION; and HYPERAMMONEMIA appear. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p199)
Descriptor ID |
D015518
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.643.455.937 C16.320.322.500.937 C16.320.400.525.937
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Concept/Terms |
Rett Syndrome- Rett Syndrome
- Syndrome, Rett
- Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemia
- Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemias
- Hyperammonemia, Cerebroatrophic
- Hyperammonemias, Cerebroatrophic
- Autism, Dementia, Ataxia, and Loss of Purposeful Hand Use
- Rett's Disorder
- Rett's Syndrome
- Retts Syndrome
- Syndrome, Rett's
- Autism-Dementia-Ataxia-Loss of Purposeful Hand Use Syndrome
- Autism Dementia Ataxia Loss of Purposeful Hand Use Syndrome
- Rett Disorder
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2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rett Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Binding Analysis of Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MeCP2 and Rett Syndrome Mutations. ACS Chem Biol. 2016 10 21; 11(10):2706-2715.
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Impact of Rett Syndrome Mutations on MeCP2 MBD Stability. Biochemistry. 2015 Oct 20; 54(41):6357-68.
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Structural, Dynamical, and Energetical Consequences of Rett Syndrome Mutation R133C in MeCP2. Comput Math Methods Med. 2015; 2015:746157.