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Peter B Marschik1, Walter E Kaufmann, Jeff Sigafoos
1Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition and Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
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We delineated the achievement of early speech-language milestones in 15 young children with Rett syndrome (MECP2 positive) in the first two years of life using retrospective video analysis. By contrast to the commonly accepted concept that these children are normal in the pre-regression period, we found markedly atypical development of speech-language capacities, suggesting a paradigm shift in the pathogenesis of Rett syndrome and a possible approach to its early detection.
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