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Andreas Rett and benign familial neonatal convulsions revisited.

Zimprich F, Ronen GM, Stögmann W, Baumgartner C, Stögmann E, Rett B, Pappas C, Leppert M, Singh N, Anderson VE

Department of Clinical Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. friedrich.zimprich@meduniwien.ac.at

In 1964 Andreas Rett published the first account of a family with benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC). The authors retraced Rett's family and report that the clinical and genetic features of this original family fit the currently accepted definitions of BFNC. They also consider the career of Dr. Rett, a researcher and social reformer as well as an advocate for the rights of children with developmental disabilities.

Published 12 September 2006 in Neurology, 67(5): 864-6.
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