- progressive bulbar palsy of childhood
- progressive infantile bulbar palsy a rare type of progressive bulbar palsy that occurs in young children. Called also Fazio-Londe atrophy or disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
progressive bulbar palsy of childhood
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progressive bulbar palsy — progressive paralysis and atrophy of the muscles of the lips, tongue, mouth, pharynx, and larynx due to lesions of the motor nuclei of the lower brainstem. It is a chronic, generally fatal disease with onset usually in late adulthood; onset may… … Medical dictionary
Infantile progressive bulbar palsy — is a rare type of progressive bulbar palsy that occurs in children. The disease exists in both rapid and slow onsets, and involves inflammation of the gray matter of the bulb (Wilson 1909). Infantile PBP is a disease that manifests itself in two… … Wikipedia
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Fazio-Londe disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29491 ICD10 = ICD10|G|12|1|g|10 ICD9 = ICD9|335.2 ICDO = OMIM = 211500 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D010244 Fazio Londe disease, also called progressive bulbar… … Wikipedia
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Fazio-Londe atrophy disease — Fa·zio Londe atrophy, disease (fahzґe o lōndґ) [E. Fazio, Italian physician, 1849–1902; P.F.L. Londe, French neurologist, 1864–1944] progressive bulbar palsy of childhood … Medical dictionary
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