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Acute Werdnig-Hoffmann Diseases in Siblings.
Y D Lee, Y W Lee, J H Lee, Y H Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(8):823-828.   Published online August 31, 1985
Acute Werdnig-Hoffmann diseases being the most common cause of floppy infant, in two male siblings were presented. The patients appeared characteristic clinical findings suggestive of spinal atrophy at 4 weeks and 2 months and all died about 8 months old. Previous expired another elder-brother was also related to this disease. Diagnosis was estabilished by clinical & pathologic findings. This is the...
A Case of Werdnig Hoffmann Disease.
Woo Yeong Chung, Cheol Lee, Tai Gyu Hwang, In Soon Park, Soon Young Lee, Jong Eun Joo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(7):726-730.   Published online July 31, 1985
We experienced a case of Werdnig Hoffmann disease in a 1 year 5 month old female child with the complaint of progressive muscular weakness on both lower extremities. Her development had been almost normal since birth and she could stand alone briefly at 12 months of age, but progressive muscular weakness had been apparent since then. Diagnosis was based on...