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Thévenard's syndrome I and II

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There is some confusion about the distinction between Thévenard 's syndrome I and II (Nélaton's syndrome). Thevenard I is described as a hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type. Thévenard in 1942, based on four own cases, and 25 described in the literature after 1903, made comprehensive summing up of the syndromes I and II.

Bibliography

  • A. Thévenard:
    L’acropathie ulcéro mutilante familiale.
    Revue neurologique, Paris, 1942, 74: 193-212.

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