Pathophysiological insights derived by natural history and motor function of spinal muscular atrophy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-159

  Farrar, Michelle A ^a,b   Vucic, Steve ^a,c   Johnston, Heather M ^b   Du Sart, Desirée ^d   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,e  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMAP; Compound muscle action potential; Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded; HFMS E; SMA; SMN; SMN1; SMN2; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron; Survival motor neuron 1; Survival motor neuron 2

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871359597     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.067     Document Type: Article

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