Spinal Muscular Atrophy Definition

noun
Any of several forms of a hereditary, progressive disease that involves loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem and is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy that vary in severity and age of onset.
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spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Sentence Examples

  • The autosomal recessive forms of spinal muscular atrophy are the most common inherited cause of infant death.

  • Each type of spinal muscular atrophy has an incidence of about 10 to 15 cases in every 100,000 live births.

  • All types of spinal muscular atrophy are genetic diseases.

  • This form of spinal muscular atrophy only affects men; it is an X-linked recessive disorder, meaning that the defective gene is passed from mother to son.

  • This is one of the rarest forms of spinal muscular atrophy.

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