title: Werdnig-Hoffmann disease in a Nigerian infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pelleboer
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Maaswinkel-Mooy
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gelderen
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000453:epidemiology; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D014897:Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Q000453:epidemiology