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Current advances in drug development in spinal muscular atrophy.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 2013
Singh Priyamvada, Liew Wendy K M, Darras Basil T
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a pediatric neuromuscular condition characterized by progressive proximal muscle weakness. It is one of the most common genetic causes of infant mortality across different races and is caused by mutation of the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene on chromosome 5q13. RECENT FINDINGS: To date, there have been many therapeutics developments for SMA targeting...
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