Spongy Degeneration of the Central Nervous System (Van Bogaert-Bertrand Disease): Report of a Case in a Saudi Family

1 January 1986

journal article
case report
Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Child Neurology

Vol. 1 (1) , 61-63
https://doi.org/10.1177/088307388600100111

Abstract

Spongy degeneration of the central nervous system in infancy (Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease) is a disorder usually thought to occur in Ashkenazi Jewish infants. We report a case occurring in an Arab infant of consanguineous parents. (J Child Neurol 1986;1:61-63)

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