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Treatment algorithm for infants diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy through newborn screening [PDF]
, 2018 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by the degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscular atrophy.
Connolly, Anne +14 more
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1990 Juvenile chronic segmental spinal muscular atrophy of Hirayama is described in two adult identical twins from the Department of Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT.
J Gordon Millichap
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Abnormal motoneuron migration, differentiation, and axon outgrowth in spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
, 2008 The role of heterotopic (migratory) motoneurons (HMN) in the pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is still controversial. We examined the occurrence and amount of HMN in spinal cord tissue from eight children with SMA (six with SMA-I and two ...
Barišić, Nina +10 more
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Safety and efficacy of nusinersen in spinal muscular atrophy: The EMBRACE study
Muscle and Nerve, 2021 The EMBRACE study (Clinical Trials No. NCT02462759) evaluated nusinersen in infants/children with infantile‐ or later‐onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who were ineligible for the ENDEAR and CHERISH studies.
G. Acsadi +10 more
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Non-neural phenotype of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: Results from a large cohort of Italian patients [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To carry out a deep characterisation of the main androgen-responsive tissues involved in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). Methods: 73 consecutive Italian patients underwent a full clinical protocol including biochemical and hormonal ...
Angelini, Lorenzo +37 more
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Label-free proteomics identifies Calreticulin and GRP75/Mortalin as peripherally accessible protein biomarkers for spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease resulting from mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Recent breakthroughs in preclinical research have highlighted several potential novel therapies for SMA, increasing ...
Gillingwater, T. H. +4 more
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a leading genetic cause of infant death worldwide that is characterized by loss of spinal motor neurons leading to muscle weakness and atrophy.
Matthew E. R. Butchbach
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An autopsy study of a familial oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) with distal spread and neurogenic involvement [PDF]
, 1981 An 81-year-old man from a family with a history of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) involving 6 members over 4 generations is described. The patient first noted drooping of his eyelids at the age of 65.
Aarli +49 more
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IJU Case Reports, 2022 Introduction We report a prostate cancer case diagnosed during leuprorelin treatment for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy which is a X‐linked recessive, lower motor neuron disease.
Atsuhi Yanase +9 more
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The social-economic burden of spinal muscular atrophy in Russia
Фармакоэкономика, 2021 Introduction. Spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous congenital orphan diseases that lead to progressive spinal motoneurons degeneration and loss of their function. There are 4 types of SMA with type I being the most
A. S. Kolbin +7 more
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