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MeSH Heading: Rett Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.360.455.937; C16.320.322.500.937; C16.320.400.525.937
Unique ID: D015518
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015518
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Autism, Dementia, Ataxia, and Loss of Purposeful Hand Use; Autism-Dementia-Ataxia-Loss of Purposeful Hand Use Syndrome; Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemia; Rett Disorder; Rett's Disorder; Rett's Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Mental Retardation (1983-1989); Movement Disorders (1986-1989)
See Also: Intellectual Disability
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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Concept UI: M0023877
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Rett Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T046006
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Autism-Dementia-Ataxia-Loss of Purposeful Hand Use Syndrome
Term UI T372086
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Rett's Syndrome
Term UI T046005
Date12/05/1988
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Rett Disorder
Term UI T372088
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Rett's Disorder
Term UI T372089
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Autism, Dementia, Ataxia, and Loss of Purposeful Hand Use
Term UI T782107
Date12/13/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemia
Term UI T372087
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
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