Werdnig-Hoffmann disease in a Nigerian infant
Pelleboer, R.A.; Maaswinkel-Mooy, P.D.; Gelderen, H.H.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine 41(3): 282-284
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232 PMID: 2595812 Document Number: 328050
A Nigerian infant with the classical features of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is described. According to the literature the incidence in black Africans is very low. Attention is drawn to the fact that neurological illnesses are often overlooked in negroid races; several reasons are given.
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