Beitrag zur kongenitalen atonisch-sklerotischen Muskeldystrophie (Typ Ullrich)

Congenital, hypotonic-sclerotic muscular dystrophy.

“…Therefore, (8) and (9) must be deleted from the criteria of clinical signs and symptoms ofthis disorder. One of the characteristic symptoms of this disorder, which was not stated by Ullrich but later added by Gott and Josten (1954), colleagues of Professor Ullrich, is a tendency to recurrent infections of the upper respiratory tract. Case 1 of Ullrich's report showed recurrent upper respiratory tract infections and died of pneumonia.…”

“…Since his descriptions (Ullrich, 1930a, b) some case reports have appeared in the German literature (Stoeber, 1939;Gott and Josten, 1954;Schneider, 1957;Rotthauwe and Kowalewski, 1969); however, scant attention has been paid to this disorder in other countries. No reports concerning this disorder can be found in the English literature.…”