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[Pseudodominant inheritance of spinal muscular atrophy--father and son suffering from SMA].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Jedrzejowska Maria, Madej-Pilarczyk Agnieszka, Zimowski Janusz, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz Irena
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disorder caused by mutations of the SMN1 gene. Because of the autosomal recessive type of transmission, the genetic risk of the disease in the following generations is small and is estimated to be about 1%. Here we present a case report of a father and son suffering from SMA. The father is affected with a mild form of SMA, with onset at about 13...
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