spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
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Introduction
Generalized, exclusively lower motor neuron disease.
Management
- nusinersen (Spinraza) FDA-approved for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy
Notes
- see NINDS Spinal Muscular Atrophy Information Page
More general terms
More specific terms
- adult spinal muscular atrophy; spinal muscular atrophy type-3/4
- childhood spinal muscular atrophy
- distal spinal muscular atrophy (distal hereditary motor neuronopathy)
- spinal muscle atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD)
- X-linked bulbospinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy's disease)
Additional terms
References
- ↑ ARUP consult: Spinal Muscular Atrophy https://arupconsult.com/ati/spinal-muscular-atrophy
- ↑ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) NINDS Spinal Muscular Atrophy Information Page https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Spinal-Muscular-Atrophy-Information-Page