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Genomic analysis of the SMN1 gene region in patients with clinically diagnosed spinal muscular atrophy: a retrospective observational study
7 Feb 2025
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BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease. Most patients with SMA have a mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene on chromosome 5q. With current genetic testing, SMN1 copy number is determined; a diagnosis is reached when the copy number is zero. When the SMN1 copy number is 1, exons and intron/exon boundaries of the allele are examined for...
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