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Spinal muscular atrophy variant with congenital fractures.
American journal of medical genetics - 5 Nov 1999
Kelly T E, Amoroso K, Ferre M, Blanco J, Allinson P, Prior T W
Abstract excerpt
A single report of brothers born to first-cousin parents with a form of acute spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and congenital fractures suggested that this combination represented a distinct form of autosomal recessive SMA. We describe a boy with hypotonia and congenital fractures whose sural nerve and muscle biopsies were consistent with a form of spinal muscular atrophy. Molecular studies identified no abnormality...
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