Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome in a large inbred Lebanese family: Confirmation of autosomal recessive inheritance?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Megarbane A ^a,b   Desguerres, I ^c   Rizkallah, E ^d   Delague, V ^a   Nabbout, R ^e   Barois, A ^f   Urtizberea, A ^f  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Saint Joseph University   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^d SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^e SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Brown Vialetto Van Laere syndrome; Consanguinity; Deafness; Pontobulbar palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEBANON; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0342314442     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000515)92:2<117::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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