title: Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome in two sisters born to consanguineous parents.
abstract: Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome is a rare anterior horn cell disease affecting young persons. Bulbar palsy with deafness is the characteristic feature. Of the total 35 cases reported in the literature, only one case was from India. This article presents the second case report from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: RamachandranNair
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parameswaran
authors.forename: Ananthanarayanan Seethammal
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Girija
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D010244:Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003241:Consanguinity; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome