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Alternate Name(s): Werdnig-Hoffmann disease ...... Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited diseases that cause progressive muscle degeneration and weakness, eventually leading to death.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000996.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000996.htm#Definition
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) information page compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Types I, II, and III belong to a group of hereditary diseases that cause weakness and wasting of the voluntary muscles in the arms and legs of infants and children.
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www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sma/sma.htm
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Mission of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation is to accelerate the development of a treatment or cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) ... The mission of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is to accelerate the development of a treatment for SMA, the number one genetic killer of infants and toddlers.
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Spinal muscular atrophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spinal Muscular Atrophy ( SMA ) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by degeneration of motor neurons, resulting in progressive muscular atrophy (wasting away) and weakness. The clinical spectr...
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the number one genetic killer of children under the age of two, is an often fatal disease that destroys the nerves controlling voluntary muscle movement, which affects crawling, walking, head and neck control, and even swallowing.
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www.fsma.org/FSMACommunity/understandingsma/quickfacts/
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Stem Cell Based Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy Receives Orphan Drug Designation. ... California Stem Cell, Inc And Families Of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Reach Significant Milestone In Development Of Motor Neuron Treatment For SMA.
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Case Study: Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Atelectasis - Tom Hall (employed by Hill-Rom) ... Zerres K, Rudnik-Schoneborn S, Forrest E, Lusakowska A, Borkowska J, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I. A collaborative study on the natural history of childhood and juvenile onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy (type II and III SMA):
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www.thevest.com/diseases-conditions/spinal-muscular-atr...
www.thevest.com/diseases-conditions/spinal-muscular-atrophy.asp
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Diseases » Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I » Introduction ... Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I, or a subtype of Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I, affects less than 200...
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www.wrongdiagnosis.com/s/spinal_muscular_atrophy_type_i...
www.wrongdiagnosis.com/s/spinal_muscular_atrophy_type_i/intro.htm
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), one of the most common fatal autosomal recessive diseases, is characterized by degeneration of motor neurons and muscular ...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9323129
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