Helping Girls with Rett Syndrome

Helping Girls with Rett Syndrome
By Jill Lee
U.S. Department of Agriculture

A long-running energy deficit may play a role in the hampered nutrition and growth caused by Rett Syndrome, according to studies by a pediatrician with the Children’s Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Texas. Rett Syndrome, a debilitating disorder that strikes only girls, causes mental retardation and growth failure. There is no cure.

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