"Our preliminary findings show that German children with SMA, despite significant physical disability, have surprisingly good subjective HRQoL." – Erik Landfeldt, MSc, PhD Previous studies have found ...

Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetically inherited disorder that causes muscle weakness. Adults can get spinal muscular atrophy, but it’s rare in adults and progresses slowly. It doesn’t typically ...

Spinal muscular atrophy is a disease that is usually seen in babies and children. It makes their muscles weak and hard to move. It's a rare illness that is passed down in families. SMA isn’t the only ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting specialized nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, according to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). It can ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Topline results from a phase 3 clinical trial showed an ...

—The slow progression of SMA in adults and older children complicates evaluation of treatment response to newer therapies. Longitudinal quantitative MRI (qMRI) may give clinicians a better handle on ...

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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic condition that impairs a person’s ability to control their muscle movement. Most types of SMA are diagnosed in infants, but the condition sometimes ...

Oral risdiplam (Evrysdi, Genentech) started in the first 6 weeks of life let most infants with presymptomatic spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) reach motor milestones typical of healthy babies, results of ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Motor function and other motor milestones were ...