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CRANIAL NERVES, CONGENITAL PARESIS OF

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Stark (1940) observed congenital weakness of cranial nerves III, IV and VII in 2 sisters and a brother from a consanguineous mating. Thomas (1898) described congenital facial paralysis in 2 brothers who also had malformed external ears. Cadwalader (1922) reported affected sibs from a first-cousin marriage.

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Henderson (1939)

REFERENCES

1.	Cadwalader, W. B. Two cases of agenesis (congenital paralysis) of the cranial nerves. Am. J. Med. Sci. 163: 744-748, 1922.

2.	Henderson, J. L. The congenital facial diplegia syndrome: clinical features, pathology and aetiology. A review of 61 cases. Brain 62: 381-403, 1939.

3.	Stark, T. Ueber kongenitale und progressive Ophthalmoplegien (unter Beruecksichtigung des 'infantilen Moebiusschen Kernschwunds'). Zbl. Ges. Ophthal. 43: 148-149, 1940.

4.	Thomas, H. M. Congenital facial paralysis. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 25: 571-593, 1898.

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