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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Symptoms
Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited diseases that cause progressive muscle degeneration and weakness, eventually leading to death.
Alternative Names
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a collection of different muscle diseases. Grouped together, it is the second leading cause of neuromuscular disease. Most of the time, a person must get the defective gene from both parents to be affected. Approximately 4 out of every...
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