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  2. Spinal muscular atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genetic cause of infant death. [ 6 ]

  3. Nusinersen - Wikipedia

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    The drug is used to treat spinal muscular atrophy associated with a mutation in the SMN1 gene. It is administered directly to the central nervous system (CNS) using intrathecal injection. [4] In clinical trials, the drug halted the disease progression. In around 60% of infants affected by type 1 spinal muscular atrophy, it improves motor ...

  4. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), popularly known as Kennedy's disease, is a rare, adult-onset, X-linked recessive lower motor neuron disease caused by trinucleotide CAG repeat expansions in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) gene, which results in both loss of AR function and toxic gain of function.

  5. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): New Treatments Offer Hope - AOL

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    Spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, was the leading cause of genetic deaths in babies, but screenings and new treatments are now helping kids thrive. Spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, was the leading ...

  6. Spinal muscular atrophies - Wikipedia

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    Localised spinal muscular atrophies – much more rare conditions, in some instances described in but a few patients in the world, which are associated with mutations of genes other than SMN1 and for this reason sometimes termed simply non-5q spinal muscular atrophies; none has currently a causal treatment.

  7. Spinal disease - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms for spinal tumors may vary due to factors such as the type of tumor, the region of the spine, and the health of the patient. Back pain is the most common symptom and it can be a problem if the pain is severe, has a time frame that lasts longer than it would for a normal injury, and becomes worse while laying down or at rest.

  8. Onasemnogene abeparvovec - Wikipedia

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    Onasemnogene abeparvovec, sold under the brand name Zolgensma, is a gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), [6] [7] a disease causing muscle function loss in children. It involves a one-time infusion of the medication into a vein . [ 6 ]

  9. Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 - Wikipedia

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    Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (DSMA1), also known as spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1), is a rare neuromuscular disorder involving death of motor neurons in the spinal cord which leads to a generalised progressive atrophy of body muscles.

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