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Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement.

Sathornsumetee S, Schanberg L, Rabinovich E, Lewis D, Weisleder P

Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

We report the case of a 4 year-old boy with Parry-Romberg syndrome who had intractable seizures, progressive cerebral hemisphere atrophy, and fatal brain stem involvement.

Published 9 March 2005 in J Pediatr, 146(3): 429-31.
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