Progressive Bulbur Paralysis (Fazio-Londe Disease)

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-102

  Gulati, Taruna ^a   Dewan, Vivek ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a,b   Ahuja, Bina ^a   Anand, V K ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b OCS Apartments   (India)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tracts; Cranial nerves; Progressive bulbar paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PROGRESSIVE BULBAR PALSY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 1142298683     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02725667     Document Type: Article

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