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SMA syndrome can present in two forms: chronic/congenital or acute/induced. [citation needed] Patients with the chronic, congenital form of SMA syndrome predominantly have a lengthy or even lifelong history of abdominal complaints with intermittent exacerbations depending on the degree of duodenal compression.
SMA, several medical abbreviations; SMA 12, SMA 20 and SMAC, previous names of Comprehensive metabolic panel blood tests; α-SMA or ACTA2, an actin protein; Spinal muscular atrophy, a severe neuromuscular disorder; Spinal muscular atrophies, a heterogeneous group of rare disorders; Superior mesenteric artery; Supplementary motor area, of the ...
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]
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal ...
SMA Spinal muscular atrophy: SMD Sensory modulation disorder SMEI Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy: SMS Smith–Magenis syndrome: SOD Septo-optic dysplasia: SPD Sensory processing disorder: SPS Stiff person syndrome: SSPE Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction: STD Sexually transmitted disease: STI
Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Abbreviation Organization or personnel IASP: International Association for the Study of Pain: IAMMS: Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences: IBCLC: International Board Certified Lactation Consultant: ICG: Italian Cooperative Group IFMSA: International Federation of Medical Students' Associations: IMD: Institution for Mental Disease: IMF