Early use of high-dose riboflavin in a case of Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-189

  Anand, Geetha ^a   Hasan, Nadeem ^a   Jayapal, Sathiya ^a   Huma, Zilla ^b   Ali, Tariq ^a   Hull, Jeremy ^a   Blair, Edward ^c   McShane, Tony ^a   Jayawant, Sandeep ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BROWN VIALETTO VAN LAERE SYNDROME; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DENERVATION; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; STRIDOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84855615947     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04142.x     Document Type: Article

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