RT Book, Section
A1 Hay, Jr, William W.
A1 Levin, Myron J.
A1 Deterding, Robin R.
A1 Abzug, Mark J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145458734
T1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
T2 Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264257614
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145458734
RD 2024/04/19
AB An  autosomal  recessive  neuromuscular  disorderDegeneration  of  anterior  horn  cells  in  the  spinal  cord,  leading  to  progressive  atrophy  of  skeletal  muscleIncidence  is  approximately  1  in  12,000,  with  the  majority  of  the  cases  presenting  in  infancyCarrier  frequencies  approach  1  in  40  in  populations  with  European  ancestry