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Werdnig-Hoffman disease
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Noun1.Werdnig-Hoffman disease - autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease - a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome


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Type I Acute (Severe) Type I Acute SMA is also called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease or infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy.
 
 
 
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