Floppy infant syndrome

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History, definition, classification, main clinical and laboratory findings, differential diagnoses of so-called floppy infant syndrome were briefly reviewed. The author discussed the problem of cerebral hypotonia with special emphasis among others illustrating three personal cases of Prader-Willi syndrome in some detail.<BR>Furthermore, the author draw special attention to the significance of the fact that selective type II fiber hypotrophy was frequently found in biopsied muscles in patients of miscellaneous central nervous system disorders with marked hypotonia.

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  • NO TO HATATSU

    NO TO HATATSU 5 (6), 443-452, 1973

    THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CHILD NEUROLOGY

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