Patient (condition)
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Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Kugelberg-Welander Disease
Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome
Werdnig Hoffman Disease
Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease
SMA
A group of recessively 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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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)
www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/...
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