RETT SYNDROME

Rett Syndrome

Rett Syndrome

Alternative Names

Autism-Dementia-Ataxia-Loss of Purposeful Hand Use Syndrome; Cerebroatrophic Hyperammonemia; Rett's Syndrome; RTS; RTT

Treatment

There is no therapy for Rett syndrome. Early diagnosis, usual surveillance and treatment can help to manage some of the symptoms and occasionally prevent related problems.

How Common Is It?

About 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 22,000 persons are influenced with Rett syndrome.

Genetics & Inheritance

Rett syndrome is initiated by mutations in a gene called MECP2 on the X chromosome at the location q28.

Females have two X chromosomes, and thus have two copies of the MECP2 gene. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome and thus, ...