Mondo Description Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the central nervous system.
Uniprot Description An X-linked dominant neurodevelopmental disorder, and one of the most common causes of mental retardation in females. Patients appear to develop normally until 6 to 18 months of age, then gradually lose speech and purposeful hand movements, and develop microcephaly, seizures, autism, ataxia, mental retardation and stereotypic hand movements. After initial regression, the condition stabilizes and patients usually survive into adulthood.
Disease Ontology Description A pervasive developmental disease that is characterized by normal early growth and development followed by a slowing of development, loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, slowed brain and head growth, problems with walking, seizures, and intellectual disability.
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This disease has been annotated by GARD as a rare disease.
Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
Description from UniProt.
Description from Disease Ontology
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DOID:1206
GARD:0005696
MESH:D015518
NCIT:C75488
OMIM:312750
Orphanet:778
SCTID:68618008
UMLS:C0035372
MONDO:0010726
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