Vol. 30 No. 133 (1989), Clinical cases
Vol. 30 No. 133 (1989)

Rett's syndrome: apropos of two new cases

Clinical cases
Published 1989-08-01
L.A. Lastra Martínez
Sección de Neuropediatría. Hospital Marqué, de Valdecilla. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria. Santander.
J.L. Herranz Fernández
Sección de Neuropediatría. Hospital Marqué, de Valdecilla. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria. Santander.
R. Arteaga Manjón-Cabeza
Sección de Neuropediatría. Hospital Marqué, de Valdecilla. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria. Santander.
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Keywords

Reti´S Syndrome
Progressive Encephalopathy
Infantile Autism

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Lastra Martínez L, Herranz Fernández J, Arteaga Manjón-Cabeza R. Rett’s syndrome: apropos of two new cases. Bol Pediatr. 1989;30(133):275-280. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://boletindepediatria.org/boletin/article/view/1766
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Abstract

We report two cases of Rett's Syndrome, a clinical entity that affects only female infants, with characteristic phenotype of neurologic development and without diagnostic biologic markers, whose interest lies in his divulgation because it is probably the most frequent progressive encephalopathy in infancy. One of his typical and specific characteristics is the "washing hands" stereotypies.

 

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