Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood

Overview

A group of recessive inherited diseases that feature progressive muscular atrophy and hypotonia. They are classified as type I (Werdnig-Hoffman disease), type II (intermediate form), and type III (Kugelberg-Welander disease). Type I is fatal in infancy, type II has a late infantile onset and is associated with survival into the second or third decade. Type III has its onset in childhood, and is slowly progressive. (J Med Genet 1996 Apr:33(4):281-3)

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Topic type

Condition

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Neurology

MeSH classification

C10.228.854.468.800|C10.574.500.812|C10.574.562.500.750|C10.668.467.500.750|C16.320.400.765

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