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Allelic heterogeneity of SMARD1 at the IGHMBP2 locus.
Human mutation - 1 May 2004
Maystadt I, Zarhrate M, Landrieu P, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Sukno S, Collignon P, Melki J, Verellen-Dumoulin C, Munnich A, Viollet L
Abstract excerpt
Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress (SMARD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neurogenic muscular atrophy due to progressive anterior horn cell degeneration and early life-threatening respiratory failure ascribed to diaphragmatic dysfunction. SMARD is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. SMARD type 1 is characterized by onset of respiratory failure within the first weeks of...
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