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5 Facts you should know about
Rett syndrome
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Affected girls appear to have normal psychomotor development during the first 6 to 18 months of life, followed by a developmental "plateau," and then rapid regression in language and motor skills
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Additional signs and symptoms may include repetitive stereotypic hand movements, fits of screaming and inconsolable crying, autistic features, panic-like attacks, and bruxism
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Rett syndrome is due to a genetic mutation in the MECP2 gene on the X chromosome
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Males with pathogenic MECP2 mutations usually die within the first 2 years from severe encephalopathy
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It almost always occurs as a new mutation, with less than one percent of cases being inherited from a person's parents