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Clinically relevant mouse models of severe spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1.
Human molecular genetics - 7 Oct 2024
Holbrook Sarah E, Hicks Amy N, Martin Paige B, Hines Timothy J, Castro Harold P, Cox Gregory A
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress (SMARD1) is a lethal infantile disease, characterized by the loss of motor neurons leading to muscular atrophy, diaphragmatic paralysis, and weakness in the trunk and limbs. Mutations in IGHMBP2, a ubiquitously expressed DNA/RNA helicase, have been shown to cause a wide spectrum of motor neuron disease. Though mutations in IGHMBP2 are mostly associated with...
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