Mental retardation associated with Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-53

  Filiz Koc A ^a   Bozdemir, Hacer ^a   Sarica, Yakup ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PALSY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037799433     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820301170     Document Type: Letter

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