Challenges and opportunities in clinical trials for spinal
muscular atrophy. Neurology 2005;65:1352-7.
SerVaas, In October 1994, you were so kind to publish my letter to raise awareness of spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA).
FightSMA was founded in 1991 by Martha Slay after her son was given the diagnosis of spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA) in 1987.
It is thought the bite caused him to develop progressive
muscular atrophy, a form of motor neurone disease.
Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc., Atlanta, and Academia Sinica of Taipei, Taiwan announced today that Tikvah has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for a number of patent and patent applications with Academia Sinica encompassing the diagnosis, methods of use, and treatments of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders, including, amongst others, spinal
muscular atrophy.
UXBRIDGE - Matthew Troland, an infant with spinal
muscular atrophy, recently began using a feeding tube.
Drug therapy can extend survival and improve movement in a mouse model of spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA), new research shows.
Comorbid conditions were present in 22 children: cystic fibrosis (1), spinal
muscular atrophy type 1 (4), Down syndrome (4), cardiac abnormalities (5), and HIV infection (8).
The adorable five year-old was born with the genetic condition Spinal
Muscular Atrophy. It means her muscles are too weak for most movement and she has always used a wheelchair.
The mission of the Jennifer Trust for Spinal
Muscular Atrophy (JTSMA) is 'to be there for everyone affected by or involved with Spinal
Muscular Atrophy (SMA)', providing support, information, and investing in research.
has patented a quantitative method for the molecular diagnosis of autosomal recessive spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA) by measuring the amount of cytosolic mRNA from human muscle cells.
Symptoms that were statistically significant are as follows: muscle stiffness, dysesthesia, hand tremor, dizziness, loss of pain sensation, muscle cramps, upper arm
muscular atrophy, arthralgia, lumbago, leg tremor, tinnitus,
muscular atrophy, chest pain, palpitations, fatigue, visual dimness, and staggering.