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Jean Lapresle, MD; Pedro Salisachs, MD

Arch Neurol. 1973;29(5):346-348.

Abstract
In 1926, Roussy and Lévy described a hitherto undescribed entity which they called "dystasie aréflexique héréditaire." Thus far, no patient has come to postmortem examination, and the nosology of this disease has been a matter of controversy. The finding of numerous onion bulbs in the nerve biopsy specimen from one of Roussy and Lévy's original patients demonstrates that this entity is a form of hypertrophic neuritis.

Author Affiliations
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

From the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, France.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 31, 1973.

Reprint requests to Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France (Dr. Lapresle).

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