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Owen B. Evans, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(8):515-519.

Abstract
• A partial deficiency of pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) was demonstrated in a child with hyperlactatemia and progressive ataxia, bulbar paresis, ophthalmoplegia, and polyneuropathy. Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy (SNE) was found at necropsy. The association of SNE and PDC deficiency has been reported rarely, but a review of the diverse metabolic defects associated with SNE suggests that decreased PDC activity may be the common feature of SNE.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology and the Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 19, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology and the Jerry Lewis Neuromuscular Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 (Dr Evans).

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