The infant with botulism becomes progressively weak, hypotonic and hyporeflexic, showing bulbar and spinal nerve abnormalities. |
Cerebral palsy takes the form of a hypotonic tetraplegia when the child has a mobility problem but with floppy muscles. |
On arrival, at 3 hours of age, he was hypotonic with tonic seizures of the upper extremities and bilaterally fixed, dilated pupils. |
A bipolar field has a hypertonic pole or centre of concentration, and a hypotonic pole or centre of dilution. |
During the acute phase of bilirubin encephalopathy, these infants are noted to be lethargic and hypotonic, with a poor sucking reflex. |
Loss of equine hypertonic sweat is conducive to hypotonic plasma, and this hypotonicity inhibits voluntary water intake. |