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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease hypotonia
Phenotype C0442874|neuropathy
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PubMedID- 24708634 Infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia is a severe autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that manifests itself after 9-18 months of age through progressive atrophy of the cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord, ataxia during the first two years of life, hypotonia with sensory axonal neuropathy, optic atrophy, hearing impairment and ophthalmoplegia [6].
PubMedID- 21840889 First, a nerve (and muscle) biopsy can be helpful in differentiating peripheral neuropathy from other causes of severe hypotonia in newborns.

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