A case of typical Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome with possible autosomal dominant inheritance

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1020-1024

  Goto, Atsuko ^a   Kume, Akito ^a   Aiba, Ikuko ^a   Yasuda, Takeshi ^a   Murakami, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization Higashi Nagoya National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Toyota Kai Medical Corporation Kariya Toyota General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Fissured tongue; Headache; Hereditary; Melkersson Rosenthal

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGEUSIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0033374863     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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