Spinal muscular atrophy
id:
spinal-muscular-atrophy-205-2241547
title:
Spinal muscular atrophy
text:
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genetic cause of infant death. It may also appear later in life and then have a milder course of the disease. The common feature is progressive weakness of voluntary muscles, with arm, leg and respiratory muscles being affected first. Associated problems may includ
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Rare congenital neuromuscular disorder
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_muscular_atrophy
date created:
2006-06-24T19:20:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T12:19:45Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q580290","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q580290"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Polio_spinal_diagram-en.svg","width":1273,"height":927}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16