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Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy linked to mutations in ASAH1.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2018
Yildiz Edibe Pembegül, Yesil Gözde, Bektas Gonca, Caliskan Mine, Tatlı Burak, Aydinli Nur, Ozmen Meral
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (SMA-PME), a rare disorder caused by mutation in the ASAH1 gene, is characterized by progressive muscle weakness and intractable epilepsy. The literature about SMA-PME is very rare and most of the time limited to case reports. Mutation in the ASAH1 gene is also found in another rare syndrome which is Farber disease. We report a case of a 13.5-year-old...
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