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Wells-Jankovic syndrome

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Wells-Jankovic syndrome
Other names
  • Familial spastic paraparesis and deafness
  • Spastic paraparesis - deafness[1]

Wells-Jankovic syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by spastic paraparesis presents in late childhood along with hearing loss.[2]

In 1986 Wells and Jankovic reported the condition in 6 males.[3] There have been no new cases in the literature since 1986.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Wells-Jankovic syndrome | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program".
  2. ^ a b "Wells-Jankovic syndrome | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ^ Gorlin, Robert James; Gorlin, Robert J.; Toriello, Helga V.; Cohen, Meyer Michael (1995). Hereditary Hearing Loss and Its Syndromes. Oxford University Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-19-506552-7.