title: [Two cases of a proximal spinal muscular atrophy (Werdnig-Hoffmann's disease) in one family].
abstract: A short review of literature data on the pathogenesis and clinical presentations of spinal muscular atrophies is provided. We report two cases of Werdnig-Hoffmann's disease in one family and present a diagnostic search strategy which allows the ordinary neurologist to distinguish this pathology.
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Nurbekova
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D035781:Siblings; D014897:Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics