Medical Definition of Spinal muscular atrophy

1. 2nd most common autosomal recessive disease in Caucasians, pathology, degeneration of the spinal anterior horn cells, atrophy and wasting of skeletal muscles, types, SMA I = Werdnig-Hoffman disease: rapidly progressive, SMA II = intermediate form, SMA III = Kugelberg-Welander disease: slowly progressive, uncommon adult forms, usual presentations, floppy baby, arthrogryposis, muscle weakness in infancy, diagnosis, weakness and wasting with areflexia, electrophysiology shows anterior horm cell disease, genetics, linked to chromosome 5q., neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) gene, survival motor neuron (SMN) gene (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

spinal dysraphism
spinal fluid
spinal fractures
spinal fusion
spinal ganglion
spinal headache
spinal induction
spinal injuries
spinal lemniscus
spinal length
spinal marrow
spinal muscle
spinal muscle of head
spinal muscle of neck
spinal muscle of thorax
spinal muscular atrophy (current term)
spinal nerve
spinal nerve roots
spinal nerves
spinal nucleus of the trigeminus
spinal osteophytosis
spinal paralysis
spinal part of accessory nerve
spinal part of arachnoid
spinal point
spinal puncture
spinal quotient
spinal reflex
spinal root of accessory nerve
spinal shock

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