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Current estimates of the prevalence of Rett syndrome are that about one female out of 10,000 has the disorder.
Rett syndrome is a complex neurobiological disorder of development in which an infant seems to grow and develop normally at first, but then stops developing and even loses skills and abilities.
Health care providers, relying on consensus criteria, view the onset of symptoms in four stages. Read on!
In a very small percentage of families—about 1 percent—Rett mutations are inherited and passed on by female carriers.