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View Post: diagnosing spinal muscular atrophy - Health Resources - Health ...
12 Oct 2009 by Tiny  
Spinal muscular atrophy: Information from Answers.com. Spinal muscular atrophy Definition Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a wide group of genetic disorders . Diagnosis of Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy? . -> ...
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View Post: Neuron - Overexpression of IGF-1 in Muscle Attenuates Disease in a ...
3 Sep 2009
X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by lower motor neuron degeneration. SBMA is caused by polyglutamine repeat expansions in the androgen receptor (AR). ...
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View Post: Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy ...
29 Sep 2008 by Ranganathan, S., Harmison, GG, Meyertholen,...  
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a motor neuron disease caused by polyglutamine expansion mutation in the androgen receptor. We investigated whether the mutant protein alters mitochondrial function. ...
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View Post: stem cell therapy: what type of diseases are treatable?
16 Sep 2009 by brad4success  
x-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. if this pertains to you or any of your loved ones, i encourage you to get all of the information you can and please contact me by phone or email … i consider it my responsibility to help . ...
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View Post: hot off the presses! aug 13 neuron
17 Aug 2009 by ian connor  
modulation of testosterone levels is a therapeutic approach for spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (sbma), a polyglutamine disorder that affects the motor neurons. the article by palazzolo et al. in this issue of neuron provides ...
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View Post: overexpression of igf-1 in muscle attenuates disease in a mouse ...
16 Aug 2009 by Palazzolo I, Stack C, Kong L, Musaro A,...  
expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the androgen receptor (ar) causes spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (sbma). we previously showed that akt-mediated phosphorylation of ar reduces ligand binding and attenuates the mutant ar toxicity ...
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View Post: case series: anesthetic management of patients with spinal and ...
22 Apr 2009
purpose: kennedy's disease (kd) is a rare, x-linked recessive, neurodegenerative disorder of lower motor neurons characterized by progressive proximal limb and bulbar muscular atrophy with spontaneous laryngospasm, which may present an ...
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View Post: mighty mice: treatment targeted to muscle improves motor neuron ...
15 Aug 2009 by Alfie  
spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (sbma), or kennedys disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the neurons that control muscle movement. although the extent to which sbma pathogenesis is a consequence of neuron degeneration ...
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View Post: information on kennedy's disease
27 Aug 2009 by john  
kennedy's disease, also called is spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. it is an advanced degenerative condition affecting worse motor neurons. it is one of nine neurodegenerative disorders result by a polyglutamine repeat expansion. ...
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View Post: I am confused - ALS/MND Support Group Forums
27 Oct 2009 by BarryG  
Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) Affects about a quarter of people diagnosed, and involves both the upper and lower motor neurones. 3. Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) Affects only a small proportion of people, mainly causing damage to the lower motor ... i.e. weakness in limbs, muscle atrophy, cramps, spasticity, generalized weakness, hyperreflexes (which are signs of spinal cord impairment-first 3; or brain impairment-last 3), he would probably give you a dx. of PBP. ...
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