A Brazilian family with Brown-Vialetto-van Laere syndrome with autosomal recessive inheritance Descrição de uma família brasileira com síndrome de Brown-Vialetto-van Laere com herança autossômica recessiva

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 betwe...

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Main Authors: José Augusto Malheiros, Sarah Teixeira Camargos, José Teotonio de Oliveira, Francisco E.C. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000100008