[Central muscular hypotonia of early childhood (hypotonic form of infantile cerebral paralysis)].
A total of 64 children from 6 months to 2,5 years with a hypotonic syndrome were observed. Follow-up studies were performed twice: after 1--1,5 years and after 2--3 years. In most of the cases (52 patients) the hypotonic syndrome towards the age of 6 slowly regressed, up to its complete disappearance. In these cases other neurological syndromes could appear (dyskinetic, spastic, minimal brain dysfunction), in the structure of which cerebellar symptoms occupied an important place. The intellectual development of these children was subnormal. In a lesser part of the cases (12 patients) the indicated dynamics of hypotonia was not seen, or it increased, while the intellectual devleopment of the children was characterized by mental retardation. These cases were evaluated as desintegration of development. The practical significance of the study of hypotonia for the prognosis is discussed.
D000367:Age Factors; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome
Tsentral'naia myshechnaia gipotoniia rannego detskogo vozrasta (gipotonicheskaia forma detskogo tserebral'nogo paralicha).