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Pyramidal signs in a Caucasian patient with spinal muscular atrophy: a case report.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2016
Wan Yu, Zhang Jun
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an autosomal recessive disease, is characterized by the selective loss of spinal motor neurons due to reduced levels of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. The clinical symptoms of SMA are progressive proximal muscle weakness and paralysis. Here we describe a 20-year-old Turkmenistan male with SMA who presented with uncommon pathological reflexes and asymmetric onset of...
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