Spongy degeneration of the central nervous system in infancy (Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease) is a disorder usually thought to occur in Ashkenazi Jewish infants. We report a case occurring in an Arab infant of consanguineous parents. (J Child Neurol 1986;1:61-63)
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