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Therapeutic benefits of cardiotrophin-1 gene transfer in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy
21 May 2003
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a recessive autosomal disorder characterized by degeneration of lower motor neurons caused by mutations of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1). No curative treatment is known so far. Mutant mice carrying homozygous deletion of Smn exon 7 directed to neurons display skeletal muscle denervation, moderate loss of motor neuron cell bodies and severe axonal degeneration. These...
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