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Survival with Rett syndrome: comparing Rett’s original sample with data from the Australian Rett Syndrome Database

  1. MICHAEL FREILINGER1,
  2. AMI BEBBINGTON2,
  3. INES LANATOR1,
  4. NICK De KLERK2,
  5. DANIELA DUNKLER3,
  6. RAINER SEIDL1,
  7. HELEN LEONARD2,
  8. GABRIEL M RONEN4

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03716.x

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Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Volume 52, Issue 10, pages 962–965, October 2010

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FREILINGER, M., BEBBINGTON, A., LANATOR, I., De KLERK, N., DUNKLER, D., SEIDL, R., LEONARD, H. and RONEN, G. M. (2010), Survival with Rett syndrome: comparing Rett’s original sample with data from the Australian Rett Syndrome Database. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 52: 962–965. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03716.x

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  1. 1

     Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

  2. 2

     Telethon Institute of Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

  3. 3

     Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

  4. 4

     Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

*Dr G M Ronen at Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. E-mail: roneng@mcmaster.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 SEP 2010
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2010
  3. Accepted for publication 15th April 2010. Published online 22nd June 2010.

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