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A Report of Two Cases of Spielmeyer-Vogt's Disease

HANS MEYER, M.D.; GEORGE C. MANNING, JR., M.D.

Arch Neurol. 1961;4(4):430-440.

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Introduction

Cerebral lipoidoses are rare diseases, and clinical reports are needed to pool observations which will lead to a better understanding of the basic pathology. This paper is concerned with the report of Spielmeyer-Vogt's disease in 2 siblings (sister and brother).

The descriptions by Benda,¹ by Jefferson and Rutter,² and in the symposium edited by Van Boegaert³ contain comprehensive reviews of literature concerning this disease.

Case Material

Family History.—

A girl and a boy are brother and sister. The entire family consists of father and mother, both college graduates, and 5 children. The eldest, a girl now 16 years old, is in the upper 10% of all high school seniors on scholarship tests. She is farsighted and astigmatic and wears glasses. She has hay fever allergy, but no other known congenital or acquired disorders.

The second child is the afflicted girl and the third child the afflicted . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
FT. WAYNE, IND.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct. 26, 1960.

Clinical Director (Dr. Meyer) and Consultant in Neurosurgery (Dr. Manning), Fort Wayne State School.

Paper 1, connected with the biochemical survey of the patient population, aided by National Institutes of Health Grant M-2434. The study on subcortical electroencephalography was supported in part by a research grant from the Indiana State Mental Health Association.

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