See Also: Floppy infant syndrome(health)
comparative medicine(medicine)
Floppy baby syndrome(health)
syndrome, floppy baby(medicine)
Floppy baby syndrome(medicine)
floppy valve syndrome(medicine)
sudden infant death syndrome(medicine)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(dictionary)
Sudden infant death syndrome(health)
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)(encyclopedia)

comparative pathology (medicine) and Floppy infant syndrome (health)


comparative pathology (medicine)


comparative pathology


The pathology of diseases of animals, especially in relation to human pathology.


Floppy infant syndrome (health)


Limp, slack muscles in an infant often caused by neuromuscular disease (Werdnig-Hoffman disease, myasthenia gravis, myotonic dystrophy, or muscular dystrophy). In a child who is otherwise healthy and meeting normal developmental milestones, hypotonia can mean simply low muscle tone and increased flexibility or laxity of ligaments; in one who is severely ill it can mean an inability to sit up, crawl, walk, eat correctly, etc.