title: Prevalence study of Rett syndrome in North Dakota children.
abstract: Service providers for children in the state of North Dakota were surveyed to determine the prevalence rate of Rett syndrome (RS). Five patients with definite RS were identified in a population of 203,801 children (98,932 girls) 0-18 years of age yielding a prevalence rate of RS of 1 in 40,760 in North Dakota children. For girls the rate of RS is 1 in 19,786. Similar surveys of other states using comparable modes of ascertainment will be important as points of comparison for prevalence rates of RS.
authors.affiliation: Child Evaluation and Treatment Program, Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Forks, ND 58202.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burd
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vesley
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Martsolf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerbeshian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009658:North Dakota / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015518:Rett Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic