Kerr A M, Armstrong D D, Prescott R J, Doyle D, Kearney D L
Department of Psychological Medicine, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997;6 Suppl 1:71-4.
The mortality rate in Rett syndrome is 1.2% per annum, 48% of deaths occurring in debilitated people, 13% from natural causes, 13% with prior severe seizures and 26% sudden and unexpected. Respiratory dysrhythmias were usually present. Neuropathology confirmed reductions in cortical dendrites and in one case immaturity of cardiac conducting tissues.
雷特综合征的年死亡率为1.2%，48%的死亡发生在身体虚弱的患者中，13%死于自然原因，13%死于先前严重的癫痫发作，26%为突然和意外死亡。呼吸节律异常通常存在。神经病理学证实皮质树突减少，在一个病例中心脏传导组织不成熟。
