Hoffmann's atrophy

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• Atrophy — Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also show atrophy. For example, atrophy of the optic nerve diminishes vision. * * * A wasting of tissues, organs, or the entire body, as from… …   Medical dictionary

• Werdnig-Hoffmann disease — Werd·nig Hoff·mann disease vert nik hof .män n atrophy of muscles that is caused by degeneration of the ventral horn cells of the spinal cord, is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, becomes symptomatic during early infancy, is… …   Medical dictionary

• spinal muscular atrophy — n any of several inherited disorders (as Kugelberg Welander disease) that are characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscular weakness and atrophy and that in some forms (as Werdnig Hoffmann disease)… …   Medical dictionary

• spinal muscular atrophy — (SMA) a hereditary condition in which cells of the spinal cord die and the muscles in the arms and legs become progressively weaker. The gene responsible has been located: in affected children it is inherited as a double recessive. SMA usually… …   Medical dictionary

• spinal muscular atrophy — SMA a hereditary condition in which cells of the spinal cord die and the muscles in the arms and legs become progressively weaker. Eventually the respiratory muscles are affected and death usually results from respiratory infection. Most affected …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Werdnig-Hoffmann disease — a hereditary disorder – a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy – in which the cells of the spinal cord begin to die between birth and the age of six months, causing a symmetrical muscle weakness. Affected infants become floppy and progressively …   The new mediacal dictionary

• infantile spinal muscular atrophy — Werdnig Hoffmann disease …   Medical dictionary

• Werdnig — Guido, Austrian neurologist, 1862–1919. See W. Hoffmann disease, W. Hoffmann muscular atrophy …   Medical dictionary

• Werdnig-Hoffman disease — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Werdnig Hoffman disease ICD10 = ICD10|G|12|0|g|10 ICD9 = ICD9|335.0 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = 253300 MedlinePlus = 000996 | eMedicineSubj = orthoped eMedicineTopic = 304 DiseasesDB = MeshID = D014897 Werdnig Hoffman… …   Wikipedia

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• Motor neurone disease — Classification and external resources spinal diagram ICD 10 G12.2 …   Wikipedia