[Progressive spinal amyotrophy type I or Werdnig-Hoffman disease. Apropos of 5 cases in Dakar (Senegal)]. / L'amyotrophie spinale progressive de type I ou maladie de Werdnig-Hoffmann. A propos de 5 cas dakarois (Sénégal).
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
; 95(2): 81-2, 2002 Jun.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12145964
ABSTRACT
Type I spinal muscular atrophy or Werdnig-Hoffman disease is rarely described in black populations. We report five such cases diagnosed in a paediatric outpatient clinic in Dakar. We conducted a retrospective study relating to patients examined for hypotonia progressing since birth for whom the electromyogram had made it possible to confirm an involvement of the peripheral nerve without nerve conduction anomaly. Mean age of diagnosis was 12.3 +/- 7.6 months. Respiratory distress was noted for 2 patients. A family background of similar symptomatology was found in 1 case and consanguinity in 2 cases. Only 1 case of death occurred whereas the 4 other patients were lost to follow-up. The diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy must be considered in the presence of any severe hypotonia in infants.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Bull Soc Pathol Exot
Year:
2002
Document type:
Article