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A paucisymptomatic neuromuscular disease mimicking type III 5q-SMA with complex rearrangements in the SMN gene.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Feb 2014
Lohkamp Laura Nanna, von Au Katja, Goebel Hans-Hilmar, Kress Wolfram, Grieben Ulrike, Drossel Karin, Garbes Lutz, Wirth Brunhilde, Heppner Frank L, Stenzel Werner
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Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal-recessive neuromuscular disorder, causing progressive proximal weakness and atrophy of the voluntary muscles. More than 96% of the spinal muscular atrophy patients show a homozygous absence of exons 7 and 8, or exon 7 only, in SMN1, the telomeric copy of th...
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