Rett syndrome: the Brazilian contribution to the gene discovery

ABSTRACT A brief history of the syndrome discovered by Andreas Rett is reported in this paper. Although having been described in 1966, the syndrome was only recognized by the international community after a report by Hagberg et al. in 1983. Soon, its importance was evident as a relatively frequent c...

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Main Authors: José Luiz Pinto Pereira, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando G. P. Barsottini, Alex Tiburtino Meira, Hélio A. G. Teive
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2020-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v77n12/1678-4227-anp-77-12-0896.pdf