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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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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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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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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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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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Nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 2018
Claudia D. Wurster, Albert C. Ludolph
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Lethal Cardiac Complications in a Long-Term Survivor of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 [PDF]

Kosin Medical Journal, 2019
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and motor nuclei in the lower brainstem, resulting in hypotonia, progressive proximal muscle weakness, paralysis ...
Min-Jung Cho
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Effect of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Sessions on Premarital Clients' Willingness to Perform Comprehensive SMA Genetic Testing [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: Premarital counselling in healthcare has a positive reflection on health and wellbeing of future families and inurn the whole community because it makes premarital clients feel energized, empowered with sufficient knowledge.
Nany Mohamed Erfan, Ayiat Allah Wagdy Farag, Hend Mohamed Elsayed Afefy, Eman Ebrahim Ahmed, Warda Abd-elmoaty Azab Yousef   +4 more
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Validity and reliability of the German multidimensional fatigue inventory in spinal muscular atrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2022
Objective Fatigue is a common and burdensome symptom of spinal muscular atrophy. Given its complex interactions, different dimensions of fatigue need to be investigated.
Camilla Binz, Alma Osmanovic, Nele H. Thomas, Benjamin Stolte, Maren Freigang, Isabell Cordts, Ramona Griep, Zeljko Uzelac, Claudia D. Wurster, Christoph Kamm, Hannah A. Siegler, Gary Wieselmann, Andreas Hermann, Paul Lingor, Marcus Deschauer, Albert C. Ludolph, Thomas Meyer, René Günther, Tim Hagenacker, Susanne Petri, Olivia Schreiber‐Katz   +20 more
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF CEREBRAL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background:Spinal muscular atrophies are a group of degenerative diseases primarily affecting the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and motor cells of cranial nerve nuclei.
Shaymaa J. Mohammed, Mazin M. Hammady
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