Peripheral neuropathy in metachromatich leucodystrophy.
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Peripheral neuropathy detected on electrophysiological study as first manifestation of metachromatic leucodystrophy in infancy.
A case of infantile metachromatic leucodystrophy is described in which symptoms started at 1 year of age with weakness and hypotonus in the lower extremities. The electrophysiological status was typical of a polyneuropathy, showing fibrillation and a reduction of the nerve conduction velocity to 30 percent of the average for normal children of the same age. Clinical signs of a central lesion an...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5626.300