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Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome Rett syndrome is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder with X-linked inheritance that mainly affects females and may be lethal before birth in hemizygous males.
Rett syndrome is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder with X-linked inheritance that mainly affects females and may be lethal before birth in hemizygous males. After apparently normal early development, usually between 6 and 25 months, affected girls develop progressive loss of purposeful hand use and communication skills, often along with ataxia, seizures, autistic behavior, intermittent hyperventilation, and hyperammonemia.