Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients With Familial Dysautonomia: A Preliminary Study

ABSTRACTObjectives:Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a rare hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy characterized by chronic lung disease and cyclic vomiting due to hyper-adrenergic crises. Most FD patients are in a depleted nutritional state; however, the phenotype of the disease is quite different