RETT SYNDROME

Rett Syndrome



Rett Syndrome

Rett syndrome is a genetic disease resulting in a severe disorder of the central nervous system development. The disease is named after the Austrian neurologist Adreas Rett (1924-1997), who made the first description in 1966. But it's a 1983 article that caught the attention of psychiatrists and neurologists on this serious condition, which is wrongly equated with autism.

Rett Syndrome is a neurological disorder of genetic basis. It was discovered in 1966 by Dr. Andreas Rett in Vienna, Austria, described 22 girls in a German medical journal, but this publication did not receive the expected recognition and ...