Riboflavin transporter deficiency (formerly known as Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere [BVVL] or Fazio-Londe syndrome) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive bulbar palsy with sensorineural deafness or bulbar hereditary neuropathy. It is caused by mutations in the riboflavin transporter genes SLC52A2 (RFVT2) or SLC52A3 (RFVT3). It is a rare syndrome with approximately 70 cases repo...

A Caucasian girl developed slowly progressive sensory neural deafness and bulbar and spinal muscle weakness typical of the Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome. As the condition progressed the major disabilities became dysphagia, respiratory muscle weakness and postural hypotension. Treatment with gastrostomy feedings, oxygen and fludrocortisone acetate produced worthwhile functional improvement.

We report the first Brazilian family with Brown-Vialetto-van Laere syndrome. The presence of consanguineous marriages and illness affecting three sisters and one niece support an autosomal recessive transmission. The age at onset of the illness ranged from 12 to 20 years old. The time interval between hearing loss and involvement of other cranial nerves varied from 3 to 12 years. MRI demonstrat...

brown-vialetto-van laere syndrome (bvvls) is a rare neurological disorder of unknown etiology considered to be a form of motor neuron diseases. this syndrome is characterized by bilateral deafness and involvement of lower cranial nerves, especially 7th-12th. umn signs are less frequent. until 2007, only fifty eight cases were reported. half of the reported cases were sporadic. in the remaining ...

We describe a 14-year-old female patient with progressive ponto-bulbar palsy and deafness. The first symptom was present at the age of 9 as a difficulty in walking and then she was stable with mild clumsy walking till 14 year-old. It was noticed that she had rapidly progression gait disorder, hearing loss, difficulty in swallowing and speaking in a period of 2.5 months. Clinically, there were b...

Ilse Van der Auwera ([email protected]) Cathérine Bovie ([email protected]) Cecilia Svensson ([email protected]) Xuan B Trinh ([email protected]) Ridha Limame ([email protected]) Peter van Dam ([email protected]) Steven J Van Laere ([email protected]) Eric A Van Marck ([email protected]) Luc Y Dirix ([email protected]) Peter B Vermeulen ...