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The natural course of infantile spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1).
Pediatrics - 1 Jan 2012
Eckart Maria, Guenther Ulf-Peter, Idkowiak Jan, Varon Raymonda, Grolle Benjamin, Boffi Patrizia, Van Maldergem Lionel, Hübner Christoph, Schuelke Markus, von Au Katja
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BACKGROUND: Only scarce information is available on the long-term outcome and the natural course of children with infantile spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) due to mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene. OBJECTIVE: To describe the natural disease course, to systematically quantify the residual capacities of children with SMARD1 who survive on permanent mechanical respiration, and to...
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