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Growing up with spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD1).
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2015
Hamilton Mark James, Longman Cheryl, O'Hara Ann, Kirkpatrick Martin, McWilliam Robert
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is an inherited neuromuscular condition resulting from recessive mutations in the immunoglobulin mu-binding protein (IGHMBP2) gene. Affected individuals characteristically present in infancy with progressive distal weakness and respiratory distress secondary to diaphragmatic weakness. Considerable clinical heterogeneity has been described both in...
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