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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic, motor neuron disease caused by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord. The disorder causes weakness and wasting of the voluntary muscles. Weakness is often more severe in the legs than in the arms. The childhood SMAs are all autosomal recessive diseases. This means that they run in families and more than one case is likely to occur in siblings or cousins of the same generation. Parents usually have no symptoms, but still carry... 
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A column of nerve tissue that runs from the base of the skull down the back. It is surrounded by three protective membranes, and is enclosed within the vertebrae (back bones). The spinal cord and the brain make up the central nervous system, and spinal cord nerves carry most messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy as related to Spinal Cord
- Spinal muscular atrophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a term applied to a number of different ... refers to atrophy of muscles due to loss of motor neurons within the spinal cord. ...
- Spinal muscular atrophy - Genetics Home Reference
Spinal muscular atrophy is a disorder that affects the control ... spinal cord and the part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord (the brainstem) ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness.
- MedlinePlus: Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Injuries. Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Spinal Stenosis. Syringomyelia. Brain and Nerves ... amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy ...
- Spinal muscular atrophy: Information from Answers.com
Spinal muscular atrophy Definition Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a wide group of genetic disorders ... of the spinal cord, resulting in progressive ...
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Hereditary Canine Spinal Muscular Atrophy (HCSMA) is a motor neuron disease that ... of motor neurons in the anterior (near the head) section of the spinal cord. ...
- Facts About SMA | MDA Publications
A Family Guide to the Consensus Statement for Standard of Care in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (PDF) ... cells (motor neurons) are located mostly in the spinal cord. ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by progressive muscle weakness ... spinal cord, especially with breech delivery, spinal muscular atrophy with ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Information on Healthline
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disease characterized by degradation of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and has similar characteristics to Spinobulbar ...
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness.
- SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY AWARENESS
Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness.
- Neurological Disorders - Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord ... A child with spinal muscular atrophy requires frequent medical evaluations ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Information on Healthline
The most common form of spinal muscular atrophy is ... anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, resulting in progressive muscle weakness. ...
- Health Tips - Neurological Disorders - Spinal Muscular Atrophy
... affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting ... Spinal muscular atrophy is sometimes difficult to diagnose, ... spinal muscular ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
... is possible that the main title of the report Spinal Muscular Atrophy is not the name you expected. Please check the ... in the spinal cord (anterior horn ...
- Muscular Atrophy, Spinal - Bulbospinal Neuronopathy - information page ...
What is spinal muscular atrophy? Spinal muscular atrophy is a disorder that ... Broader term(s): - Spinal Cord Diseases - Central Nervous System Diseases ...
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Spinal muscular atrophy is a rare degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness. ...
- Institute of Genomic Medicine
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the second most common autosomal recessive ... motor neurons in the spinal cord causing atrophy of proximal muscles, paralysis, ...
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and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation this week announced a collaborative ... the spinal cord, the disease leads to increasing muscular weakness and atrophy. ...
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Press Releases: National Institute of ...
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) information page compiled by the National Institute of ... in the spinal cord to connect with muscles and partially ...
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