"Muscular Atrophy, Spinal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and later onset SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1089)
| Descriptor ID |
D009134
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.854.468 C10.574.562.500 C10.668.467.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal- Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
- Atrophy, Spinal Muscular
- Spinal Amyotrophy
- Amyotrophies, Spinal
- Amyotrophy, Spinal
- Spinal Amyotrophies
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy- Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy
- Hereditary Motor Neuronopathies
- Motor Neuronopathies, Hereditary
- Motor Neuronopathy, Hereditary
- Neuronopathies, Hereditary Motor
- Neuronopathy, Hereditary Motor
Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy- Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal Form
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal
- Amyotrophy, Neurogenic Scapuloperoneal, New England Type
- Scapuloperoneal Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Progressive Muscular Atrophy- Progressive Muscular Atrophy
- Atrophies, Progressive Muscular
- Atrophy, Progressive Muscular
- Muscular Atrophies, Progressive
- Muscular Atrophy, Progressive
- Progressive Muscular Atrophies
- Progressive Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy
- Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive
Bulbospinal Neuronopathy- Bulbospinal Neuronopathy
- Bulbospinal Neuronopathies
- Neuronopathies, Bulbospinal
- Neuronopathy, Bulbospinal
Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy- Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy
- Atrophy, Myelopathic Muscular
- Muscular Atrophy, Myelopathic
- Adult-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Adult Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Muscular Atrophy, Adult Spinal
- Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscular Atrophy, Spinal" by people in Profiles.
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Fatigue and abnormal neuromuscular transmission in Kennedy's disease. Muscle Nerve. 2003 Feb; 27(2):249-51.
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Monomelic amyotrophy with late progression. Neuromuscul Disord. 2001 Apr; 11(3):305-8.
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Distinguishing clinical and electrodiagnostic features of X-linked bulbospinal neuronopathy. Muscle Nerve. 1999 Dec; 22(12):1693-7.
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Complex repetitive discharges: cause or effect of neurogenic muscle hypertrophy? Muscle Nerve. 1999 Nov; 22(11):1603-6.
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Intrafamilial heterogeneity in hereditary motor neuron disease. Neurology. 1992 Aug; 42(8):1488-92.