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The Singapore Medical Association (abbreviated SMA) is a professional association representing the interests of medical professionals in Singapore. It was established on September 15, 1959, replacing the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association. [2] As of 2020, it had over 8,200 members. [3]
The respiratory system is the most common system to be affected and the complications are the leading cause of death in SMA types 0/1 and 2. SMA type 3 can have similar respiratory problems, but it is more rare. [24] Complications arise due to weakened intercostal muscles because of the lack of stimulation from the nerve.
10q22.1: Autosomal recessive: Prenatal onset, characterised by severe muscle wasting, respiratory and feeding failure, and bone fractures at birth as in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, usually fatal in infancy [2] [3] [4] PCH: Spinal muscular atrophy with pontocerebellar hypoplasia (SMA-PCH) Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1A (PCH1A) 607596 ...
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 ...
Only 12 known human families are described in scientific literature to have SMA-PME. [2] SMA-PME is associated with a missense mutation (c.125C→T) or deletion in exon 2 of the ASAH1 gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. [3] SMA-PME is closely related to a lysosomal disorder disease called Farber lipogranulomatosis. [4]
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.
Singapore's health ministry on Wednesday confirmed another 1,016 cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the total infections in the Southeast Asian island nation to 10,141. It also reported its ...
Some common indicators used to indicate health include total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, crude birth and death rate.As of 2017, Singapore has a Total Fertility Rate of 1.16 [5] children born per woman, an Infant Mortality rate of 2.2 deaths per 1000 live births, [6] Crude Birth Rate of 8.9 births per 1000 people [7] and a Death Rate of 3 deaths per 1000 inhabitants. [8]