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The use of sugammadex in a patient with Kennedy′s disease under general anesthesia

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2014
Kennedy′s disease (KD), also known as spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, is a rare, X-linked recessive, neurodegenerative disorder of the lower motor neurons characterized by progressive bulbar and appendicle muscular atrophy. Here we report a case of a
Risa Takeuchi   +3 more
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Congenital muscular dystrophy: from muscle to brain. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a wide group of muscular disorders that manifest with very early onset of muscular weakness, sometime associated to severe brain involvement.The histologic pattern of muscle anomalies is typical of dystrophic ...
Corsello G   +7 more
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Weight-Loss Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment and Essential Amino Acid Supplementation in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Obesity

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2018
Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neuromuscular disease characterised by muscle atrophy, hypotonia, weakness, and progressive paralysis. Usually, these patients display increased fat mass deposition and reductions in fat-free mass and resting energy ...
Marwan El Ghoch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 1

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2009
Slowly progressive cerebellar ataxia in a 12-year-old Indian boy with early onset anterior horn cell spinal muscular atrophy is reported from the Department of Pediatric Neurology, Government Medical College, Kerala, India.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

A novel case report of spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy from Iran

open access: yesInternational Medical Case Reports Journal, 2019
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder characterized by decreased motor function due to the muscle atrophy in the background of degenerated anterior horn cells and motor cells of lower cranial nerves nuclei. The most frequent form is inherited as an
Reza Shervin Badv   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surgical correction of a ventricular septal defect in a child with spinal muscular atrophy type 2 treated with nusinersen sodium: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023
Introduction Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe, inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.
Mehmet Biçer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Restoring SMN Expression: An Overview of the Therapeutic Developments for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

open access: yesCells, 2022
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder and one of the most common genetic causes of infant death. It is characterized by progressive weakness of the muscles, loss of ambulation, and death from respiratory ...
Tejal Aslesh, T. Yokota
semanticscholar   +1 more source

WDR79/TCAB1 plays a conserved role in the control of locomotion and ameliorates phenotypic defects in SMA models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
SMN (Survival Motor Neuron) deficiency is the predominant cause of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a severe neurodegenerative disorder that can lead to progressive paralysis and death.
Bavasso, Francesca   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Curability of Progressive Muscular Atrophy [PDF]

open access: yesThe Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1922
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Restoration of SMN in Schwann cells reverses myelination defects and improves neuromuscular function in spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by low levels of SMN protein, primarily affecting lower motor neurons. Recent evidence from SMA and related conditions suggests that glial cells can influence disease severity.
Brophy, Peter J.   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

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