Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 170-172 , August 2003

Familial pediatric rapidly progressive extrapyramidal syndrome: is it Hallervorden-Spatz disease?

  • Ambar Chakravarty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Chakravarty; 59 Beadon Street; Calcutta 700006, India.
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  • Angshuman Mukherjee, MD, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India
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  • Ansu Sen, MD, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India

Received 21 November 2002 ,Accepted 21 March 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00231-5

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 170-172 , August 2003

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