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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]
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita – X-linked type 1 (AMCX1) 301830: UBA1: Xp11.23: X-linked recessive: Characterised by bone fractures, affects mainly distal muscles in newborn boys, usually fatal in infancy X-linked spinal muscular atrophy type 3 (SMAX3) Distal spinal muscular atrophy – X-linked (DSMAX) 300489: ATP7A: Xq21.1: X-linked ...
[1] [2] The name derives from the fact that, in the sagittal plane and/or transverse plane, the SMA and AA (with some imagination) appear to be a nutcracker crushing a nut (the renal vein). There is a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and diagnostic criteria are not well defined, which frequently results in delayed or incorrect diagnosis. [1]
Cause of death % of total deaths 1: Cancer: 29.1 2: Pneumonia: 20.1 3: Ischaemic heart diseases: 18.5 4: Cerebrovascular disease (including stroke) 6.3 5: External causes of morbidity and mortality: 4.0 6: Hypertensive diseases (including hypertensive heart disease) 3.4 7: Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 2.4 8: Urinary tract ...
Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.
Balaji Sadasivan (/ ˈ b ɑː l ə dʒ iː s ɑː d ə ˈ s iː v ə n / or / ˈ b æ-s æ-/; 11 July 1955 – 27 September 2010) was a Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon.He attended Raffles Institution, Siglap Secondary School and National Junior College, and studied medicine at the University of Singapore.
5.9 Chronic kidney disease 15.9: 2.16%: 1.5 ... causes of death; Medical error; ... for 2015–2020 in the Journal of the American Medical Association
Acute occlusion of the SMA almost invariably leads to intestinal ischemia and often has devastating consequences, with up to 80% of SMA occlusions leading to death. [2] The SMA can compress the left renal vein, leading to nutcracker syndrome; and/or the third (horizontal) part of the duodenum, leading to superior mesenteric artery syndrome.