Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Rett's syndrome Variant:
or Rett syndrome /'ret(s)-/ Function:
noun : a familial disorder that affects females usually duringinfancy, that results from arrested brain development, and that is characterized by cognitive and psychomotor deterioration, dementia, stunted head growth, stereotyped hand movements, and mildhyperammonemia
Rett,
Andreas (fl 1966–1968), Austrian physician. Rett published his first description of Rett's syndrome in 1966, supplementing it withanother report in 1968.
