Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy: A Rare Association

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy: A Rare Association

The association of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with progressive myoclonic epilepsy, also known as “SMA plus,” is a unique syndrome linked to non-survival motor neuron (non-SMN) genes. The disease starts in childhood with progressive weakness and atrophy of muscles; myoclonic epilepsy develops duri...

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Main Authors: Divya M. Radhakrishnan, Ritu Shree, Govind Madhaw, Rajat Manchanda, Anita Mahadevan, Niraj Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
sma
pme
sma-pme
sma plus
spinal muscular atrophy
progressive myoclonic epilepsy
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1721543

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