title: The Rett girls with preserved speech.
abstract: In addition to a total population of 102 classic Rett syndrome girls who visited our department in the last 8 years, 3 were observed showing some of the features typical of this syndrome, including hand-washing activities, but also some atypical features, the most notable of which was their ability to speak in fully formed phrases. One of these girls has a sister with the typical features of classic Rett syndrome. Atypical variants of the Rett syndrome are discussed and the possibility of a "speaking" variant is considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Regional Hospital, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zappella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015518:Rett Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*