Werdnig-Hoffmann: Dominant Inheritance

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-6-10-7

Keywords:

Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease, Autosomal Dominant Inheritance, Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy

Abstract

A family in which both Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and chronic distal spinal muscular atrophy occurred, with apparent autosomal dominant inheritance, is reported from the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Published

1992-10-01

Issue

Section

Muscle Disorders