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English noun: Werdnig-Hoffman disease

1. Werdnig-Hoffman disease (state) 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


Broader (hypernym)autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease









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