Cerebral agyria-pachygyria in a child with Werding-Hoffmann disease.

Authors
Cneude, F Sukno, S Boidein, F Dehouck, MB Bourlet, A Vittu, G
Citation
F. Cneude et al., Cerebral agyria-pachygyria in a child with Werding-Hoffmann disease., REV NEUROL, 155(8), 1999, pp. 589-591
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
REVUE NEUROLOGIQUE
ISSN journal
00353787 → ACNP
Volume
155
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
589 - 591
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(199909)155:8<589:CAIACW>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease refers to the severe infantile form of anterior ho rn cell degeneration. We report an association between Werdnig-Hoffmann dis ease and agyria-pachygyria. Examples of anterior horn cell disease with les ions in the central nervous system (notably thalamus and cerebellum) have b een considered unusual "variants" of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. This associa tion between Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and agyria-pachygyria has, to our kno wledge, never been described.