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Detailed Synonyms for Werdnig-Hoffman disease in English
Werdnig-Hoffman disease:
Werdnig-Hoffman disease [the ~] nom
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the 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 1the 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 1