Helen Jenny Leonard Downs HM JA MBChB MPH BApplSci (physio) MSc PhD Principal Research Fellow Program Head, Development and Disability +61 419 956 946 08 6319 1763 helen.leonard@telethonkids.org.au Jenny.Downs@telethonkids.org.au Principal Research ...

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Perspectives of parents are integral to the assessment of communication abilities and inform communication interventions for girls and women with Rett Syndrome ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

We developed recommendations for the clinical management of poor growth and weight gain in Rett syndrome through evidence review and the consensus of an... ...

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• 2013
• October 2013

Scoliosis is a common orthopaedic complication of Rett syndrome, and surgery is commonly used to reduce asymmetry in cases with severe scoliosis. ...

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• 2009
• June 2009

Loss of hand function is a core feature of Rett syndrome. This article describes longitudinal hand function at 3 time points for 72 subjects participating... ...

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• 2011
• March 2011

Modifications to diagnostic criteria and introduction of genetic testing have likely affected the pattern and timing of Rett syndrome diagnosis... ...

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• 2011
• September 2011

The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of epilepsy in Rett syndrome (RTT), and relationships between epilepsy and genotype. ...

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• 2013
• June 2013

Our investigation used the infrastructure of InterRett, established in 2002 with dual aims of encour- aging international collaboration and ascertaining the... ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

Amy Jenny Andrew Helen Deborah Martyn Melissa Phil Kandice Gail Vincent Finlay-Jones Downs Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Leonard Strickland Symons Licari Stumbles Varcin Alvares Mancini AFJ JA AJ HM DH MS ML PS KJ GA VOM BPsych(Hons), MPsych ...

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Rett syndrome is a pervasive neurological disorder with impaired gait as one criterion. ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

This study investigated the relationships between fracture risk and commonly used AEDs in Rett syndrome. ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

The goals were to compare the fracture incidence in Rett syndrome with that in the general population and to investigate the impact of genotype, epilepsy,... ...

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• 2008
• March 2008