Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome

== English == === Etymology === First described by Charles Brown in 1894; further accounts were published by Vialetto in 1936 and Van Laere in 1966. === Noun === Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome (uncountable) A very rare neurological disorder of unknown cause, characterized primarily by deafness and paralysis of the muscles of the face, neck, shoulders and limbs.