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Emerging concepts underlying selective neuromuscular dysfunction in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy

Neural Regeneration Research, 2021
Infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy is the quintessential example of a disorder characterized by a predominantly neurodegenerative phenotype that nevertheless stems from perturbations in a housekeeping protein.
Kishore Gollapalli, Jeong-Ki Kim, Umrao R Monani   +2 more
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Advances and limitations for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Spinal muscular atrophy (5q-SMA; SMA), a genetic neuromuscular condition affecting spinal motor neurons, is caused by defects in both copies of the SMN1 gene that produces survival motor neuron (SMN) protein.
John W. Day, Kelly Howell, Amy Place, Kimberly Long, Jose Rossello, Nathalie Kertesz, George Nomikos   +6 more
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Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia in a patient with spinal muscular atrophy type II undergoing cesarean section: A case report [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020
Introduction. Anesthetic management of a patient with spinal muscular atrophy type II, who underwent elective cesarean section with neuraxial anesthesia is presented in this case report. Case report.
Krušić Slavica, Nikolić Branka, Maglić Rastko   +2 more
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Oral risdiplam for specific therapy in adult patients with 5q spinal muscular atrophy in the Moscow region [PDF]

Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2023
5q spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease characterized by gradual loss of motor neurons with progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.
Ekaterina S. Novikova
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Managing pregnancy in a spinal muscular atrophy type III patient in Indonesia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by degeneration of lower motor neurons, leading to progressive muscular atrophy and even paralysis.
Cempaka Thursina Srie Setyaningrum, Indra Sari Kusuma Harahap, Dian Kesumapramudya Nurputra, Irwan Taufiqur Rachman, Nur Imma Fatimah Harahap   +4 more
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Changes in pNFH Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Motor Evolution after the Loading Dose with Nusinersen in Different Types of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Medicina, 2023
Aim and Objectives: The objective of our retrospective study was to investigate the changes in pNFH levels in cerebrospinal fluid, which is a reliable marker of neuronal damage, after the loading dose of nusinersen in different types of spinal muscular ...
Mihaela Badina, Gabriel Cristian Bejan, Corina Sporea, Liliana Padure, Andrada Mirea, Madalina-Cristina Leanca, Mihaela Axente, Florin Petru Grigoras, Mihaela Bejan, Elena-Silvia Shelby, Elena Neagu, Daniela Adriana Ion   +11 more
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Clinical characterizations of three adults with genetically confirmed spinal muscular atrophy: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Spinal muscular atrophy is a recessively inherited autosomal neuromuscular disorder, with characteristic progressive muscle weakness. Most spinal muscular atrophy cases clinically manifest during infancy or childhood, although it may first ...
Cempaka Thursina Srie Setyaningrum, Indra Sari Kusuma Harahap, Dian Kesumapramudya Nurputra, Mawaddah Ar Rochmah, Ahmad Hamim Sadewa, Giga Hasabi Alkarani, Nur Imma Fatimah Harahap   +6 more
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Therapeutic decisions under uncertainty for spinal muscular atrophy: The DECISIONS-SMA study protocol.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundThe therapeutic landscape for spinal muscular atrophy has changed in the last few years, encompassing respiratory/motor function and life expectancy benefits.
Gustavo Saposnik, Paola Díaz-Abós, Victoria Sánchez-Menéndez, Carmen Álvarez, María Terzaghi, Jorge Maurino, María Brañas-Pampillón, Ignacio Málaga   +7 more
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy as a multisystem disease with motor neuron and muscle involvement: literature review and a case report

Нервно-мышечные болезни, 2020
The spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is a slowly progressive X-linked polysystemic disease associated with polyglutamine expansion in the androgen receptor gene. The mutant protein exhibits toxic properties towards neurons and myocytes.
E. O. Ivanova, E. Yu. Fedotov, S. N. Illarioshkin   +2 more
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BONE HEALTH AND GROWTH IN SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY TYPE 2 AND 3

İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022
Objective: Spinal muscular atrophy is a lower motor neuron disease, but other parts of the body could be affected. This study compared bone mineral density with bone metabolism and physical growth rates in patients diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy ...
Osman Kipoğlu, Esin Karakılıç Özturan, Orhan Coşkun, Ayşe Pınar Öztürk, Edibe Pembegül Yıldız, Firdevs Baş, Nur Aydınlı, Meliha Mine Çalışkan   +7 more
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