OPTIC ATROPHY AS THE PRESENTING SIGN IN HALLERVORDEN-SPATZ SYNDROME

Authors
CASTEELS I SPILEERS W SWINNEN T DEMAEREL P SILBERSTEIN J CASAER P MISSOTTEN L
Citation
I. Casteels et al., OPTIC ATROPHY AS THE PRESENTING SIGN IN HALLERVORDEN-SPATZ SYNDROME, Neuropediatrics, 25(5), 1994, pp. 265-267
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuropediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0174304X
Volume
25
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
265 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-304X(1994)25:5<265:OAATPS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A girl of eight years of age is described with the Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Optic atrophy with progressive visual loss was the only pres enting symptom for three years. Behavioural and motor disturbances eme rged after that time. Optic atrophy can be the first and for some time only symptom of the Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.