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[The cost of specialized medical care of children under spinal muscular atrophy in Moscow].
Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny - 1 Jan 2021
Malakhova A R, Krysanov I S, Vasilieva T P, Krasilnikova E Yu, Aleksandrova O Yu, Zinchenko R A, Kutsev S I
Abstract excerpt
The spinal muscular atrophy is neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in SMN1 gene. The clinical picture of disease is characterized by progressive muscular weakness and atrophy associated with degeneration of spine, and in severe cases by affection of motor neurons of lower bulbar cells. The spinal muscular atrophy progressing course resulting in disability and infant mortality. Actually, specific treatment...
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