Two siblings with Allgrove's syndrome and extrapyramidal features

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-259

  Jacob, A ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a   Kishore, Asha ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Alacrimia; Allgrove's syndrome; Chorea; Dystonia

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SIBLING; TORTICOLLIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHOREA; DYSTONIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242525714     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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