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Results 1 - 10 of 19 for Severe muscular hypotonia
  1. ... and Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy is the most severe.People with Bethlem muscular dystrophy usually have low muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy. Muscle weakness can begin at any ...
  2. ... to weakened heart and breathing muscles.The congenital muscular type of GSD IV is usually not evident before birth but develops in early infancy. Affected infants have severe hypotonia, which affects the muscles needed for breathing. These ...
  3. ... congenital muscular dystrophies and is sometimes called congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A. Affected infants may have severe muscle weakness, lack of muscle tone (hypotonia), little spontaneous movement, and joint deformities (contractures). Weakness ...
  4. ... are caused by mutations in other genes.Spinal muscular atrophy type 0 is ... muscle tone (hypotonia) at birth. Their respiratory muscles are very weak ...
  5. ... J, Deconinck N. Novel LMNA mutation presenting as severe congenital muscular dystrophy. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Oct;43( ...
  6. ... clubfoot , claw-hand, or others) Low muscle tone ( hypotonia ) Some types of muscular dystrophy involve the heart muscle, causing cardiomyopathy or ...
  7. Gastrointestinal System and Down Syndrome (National Down Syndrome Society)  
    Down Syndrome/Related Issues ... Down Syndrome ... National Down Syndrome Society ... Gastrointestinal System and Down Syndrome
  8. What Are the Symptoms of Rett Syndrome? From the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)  
    ... the loss of muscle tone, called hypotonia. With hypotonia, an infant's arms and legs will appear "floppy."
  9. ... of speech and motor skills and moderate to severe intellectual disability. Social skills are less severely impaired. ...
  10. ... muscles, brain, and eyes. It is the most severe of a group of genetic conditions known as congenital muscular dystrophies, which cause muscle weakness and wasting ... tone (hypotonia) and are sometimes described as "floppy." The muscle ...
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