Dr. Andreas Rett, an Austrain physician who first described Rett Syndrome in a journal article in 1966. But, 1983 when Swedish reseacher Dr. Bengt Hagberg published article about Rett Syndrome was generally recogized.
History:
In 1954, Dr. Andreas Rett, a pediatrician in Vienna, Austria, first noticed two girls as they sat in his waiting room with their mothers. He observed these children making the same repetitive hand-washing motions. Curious, he compared their clinical and developmental histories and discovered they were very similar. http://www.rettsyndrome.org/about-rett-syndrome/history.html
Dr. Andreas Rett, an Austrain physician who first described Rett Syndrome in a journal article in 1966. But, 1983 when Swedish reseacher Dr. Bengt Hagberg published article about Rett Syndrome was generally recogized.
History:
In 1954, Dr. Andreas Rett, a pediatrician in Vienna, Austria, first noticed two girls as they sat in his waiting room with their mothers. He observed these children making the same repetitive hand-washing motions. Curious, he compared their clinical and developmental histories and discovered they were very similar. http://www.rettsyndrome.org/about-rett-syndrome/history.html
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Dr. Andreas Rett(died 1997) Dr. Bengt Hagberg