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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] It may also appear later in life and then have a milder course of ...

  3. Spinal muscular atrophies - Wikipedia

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    Spinal muscular atrophies. Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare debilitating disorders characterised by the degeneration of lower motor neurons (neuronal cells situated in the anterior horn of the spinal cord) and subsequent atrophy (wasting) of various muscle groups in the body. [1]

  4. Progressive muscular atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), also called Duchenne–Aran disease and Duchenne–Aran muscular atrophy, is a disorder characterised by the degeneration of lower motor neurons, resulting in generalised, progressive loss of muscle function. PMA is classified among motor neuron diseases (MND) where it is thought to account for around 4% of ...

  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.

  6. 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. The condition is caused by a genetic mutation in the IGHMBP2 gene ...

  7. 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.

  8. Motor neuron diseases - Wikipedia

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    (A) He needs assistance to stand. (B) Advanced atrophy of the tongue. (C) There is upper limb and truncal muscle atrophy with a positive Babinski sign. (D) Advanced thenar muscle atrophy. [8] Signs and symptoms depend on the specific disease, but motor neuron diseases typically manifest as a group of movement-related symptoms. [6]

  9. Muscle atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass. It can be caused by immobility, aging, malnutrition, medications, or a wide range of injuries or diseases that impact the musculoskeletal or nervous system. Muscle atrophy leads to muscle weakness and causes disability. Disuse causes rapid muscle atrophy and often occurs during injury or ...

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