Medical Definition of Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy

1. Transmitted as autosomal recessive on chromosome 5q. Progressive dysfunction of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brainstem cranial nerves with profound weakness and bulbar dysfunction occurring in the first two years of life. Three groups, based on age of clinical onset, are recognised. Synonym: familial spinal muscular atrophy, Hoffmann's muscular atrophy, infantile muscular atrophy, infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Werdnig-Hoffmann Muscular Atrophy

Wendish
Wends
Wendy
Wendy house
Wendy houses
Wenglish
Wenis
Wenlock
Wenonah
Wentworth
Wentworth scale
Wenzel's ventricle
Wenzhou
Wepfer's glands
Werdnig-Hoffman disease
Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy (current term)
Werfel
Werlhof's disease
Wermelskirchen
Wermer's syndrome
Wernekinck's commissure
Wernekinck's decussation
Werner's syndrome
Werner's test
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Werner complex
Werner complexes
Wernerian
Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun
Wernher von Braun

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