title: Anesthesia in a child with Rett syndrome: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Rett syndrome is an increasingly diagnosed syndrome in young children who appear normal at birth and develop normally until 6 to 18 months of age, when developmental milestones fail to be reached. The syndrome appears only in girls and therefore it is thought to be an X-linked dominant trait that is lethal in the male. This is a case report and literature review of anesthesia in a child with Rett syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Temple University Children's Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mayhew
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015518:Rett Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology