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John L. Gwinn, MD; Fred A. Lee, MD; Stanford T. Shulman, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1970;120(3):243-244.

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Clinical History.—This 5-week-old white girl came to the hospital recently because of irritability and progressive loss of movement of the limbs. She was born to a gravida 7 para 2, aborted 4 mother with a history of "dermatomyositis," after a gestation remarkable for late and feeble fetal movements. Labor was induced "because they thought the baby was dead," but delivery was precipitous, and attempts were made to retard the baby's progress through the birth canal. She was felt to be normal in the nursery. Physical examination revealed an irritable infant lying with her limbs motionless and her legs in a frog-leg position, the limbs appearing flaccid and somewhat tender to touch. There were no other positive physical findings, and routine laboratory studies were unremarkable.

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Author Affiliations
Los Angeles; Chicago

From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago.

Footnotes
Received for publication Dec 17, 1969.

Reprint requests to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, 4614 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles 90027 (Dr. Gwinn).

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