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ERIC Number: EJ441334
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Rett Syndrome: A Review of Current Knowledge.
Van Acker, Rick
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v21 n4 p381-406 Dec 1991
This review describes Rett syndrome as a disorder afflicting females and characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive and motor skills and development of stereotypic hand movements. The paper discusses its clinical manifestations, etiology, diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis, prevalence, pathogenesis, treatment, and educational intervention. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Incidence, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Pathology, Physical Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Therapy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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