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Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy: report of new cases and review of the literature.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Dec 2002
Haliloglu G, Chattopadhyay A, Skorodis L, Manzur A, Mercuri E, Talim B, Akçören Z, Renda Y, Muntoni F, Topaloğlu H
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease characterised by loss of motor function and muscle atrophy due to anterior horn cell degeneration. The most common variant is chromosome 5-linked proximal SMA, ranging in severity from congenital onset and infantile death to onset in adult life. Genetically separate variants with different distribution of weakness and/or...
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