Spinal muscular atrophy: mutations, testing, and clinical relevance

MC Keinath, DE Prior, TW Prior - The Application of Clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a heritable neuromuscular disorder that causes
degeneration of the alpha motor neurons from anterior horn cells in the spinal cord, which …

Spinal muscular atrophy: from gene discovery to clinical trials

DK Nurputra, PS Lai, NIF Harahap… - Annals of human …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common neuromuscular disorder with autosomal
recessive inheritance, resulting in the degeneration of motor neurons. The incidence of the …

Spinal muscular atrophy: molecular genetics and diagnostics

S Ogino, RB Wilson - Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases, affecting
approximately one in 10,000 live births and with a carrier frequency of approximately one in …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular analysis of spinal muscular atrophy and modification of the phenotype by SMN2

MD Mailman, JW Heinz, AC Papp, PJ Snyder… - Genetics in …, 2002 - nature.com
Purpose: This study describes SMN1 deletion frequency, carrier studies, and the effect of the
modifying SMN2 gene on the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) phenotype. A novel allele …

Molecular and functional analysis of intragenic SMN1 mutations in patients with spinal muscular atrophy

Y Sun, M Grimmler, V Schwarzer, F Schoenen… - Human …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neuromuscular disease and
frequent cause of early death in childhood, is caused in 96% of patients by homozygous …

An update of the mutation spectrum of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1) in autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

B Wirth - Human mutation, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by degeneration of motor neurons in the
spinal cord, causing progressive weakness of the limbs and trunk, followed by muscle …

Best practice guidelines for molecular analysis in spinal muscular atrophy

H Scheffer, JM Cobben, G Matthijs… - European journal of human …, 2001 - nature.com
With a prevalence of approximately 1/10 000, and a carrier frequency of 1/40–1/60 the
proximal spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are among the most frequent autosomal …

Genetic testing and risk assessment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

S Ogino, RB Wilson - Human genetics, 2002 - Springer
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases,
affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 live births, and with a carrier frequency of approximately …

Spinal muscular atrophy: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

CL Lorson, H Rindt, M Shababi - Human molecular genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder and
a leading genetic cause of infantile mortality. SMA is caused by mutation or deletion of …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal muscular atrophy

A D'Amico, E Mercuri, FD Tiziano, E Bertini - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2011 - Springer
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease
characterized by degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, resulting in …