Rett Syndrome: Current treatments

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Improvements in the diagnosis of Rett Syndrome have, as yet, no parallels in treatment. Medicine can offer only supportive measures: feeding tubes, orthopedic braces and surgeries, and trials of standard seizure medications which are often ineffective in Rett Syndrome.

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