INFANTILE MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION AND BUNINA BODIES

Authors
SEMMEKROT BA WESSELING P BRUINENBERG JFM GABREELS FM TERLAAK H SENGERS RCA
Citation
Ba. Semmekrot et al., INFANTILE MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION AND BUNINA BODIES, Acta Neuropathologica, 95(1), 1998, pp. 104-106
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology",Pathology
Journal title
Acta Neuropathologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016322
Volume
95
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
104 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6322(1998)95:1<104:IMDWAD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A 2-month-old girl developed motor neuron disease (MND) with autonomic disturbances and died al the age of 5 months. Neuropathological exami nation revealed Bunina bodies (BBs) in the lower motor neurons of the lumbar spinal cord. The significance of the presence of BBs and the cl assification of the MND in this child are discussed.