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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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When Nicky was seven months old, he was diagnosed with Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, or spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1.
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Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer
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I was born in September of 1960 with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III, or SMA, also known as Kugelberg-Welander disease.
Spinal muscular atrophy type 1: a noninvasive respiratory management approach.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Spinal muscular atrophy is more accurately described as a "nerve" disease than a "muscle" disease.
Noninvasive long-term ventilatory support for individuals with spinal muscular atrophy and functional bulbar musculature.
Spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) (Werdnig-Hoffmann disease) is defined by never attaining the ability to sit independently.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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The disorders examined were Duchenne muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, myotubular myopathy, spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
This is undoubtedly true as is shown by the rapid wasting of the cellular tissue when involvement of the anterior horns of the spinal cord occurs in infantile paralysis and progressive muscular atrophy.
Two patients with congenital cervical spinal muscular atrophy had symmetrical severe muscle weakness and wasting confined to the upper limbs, areflexia and congenital contractures.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Carey is also an active member of "Family's of SMA", a 100% volunteer organization founded to fund research for the cure of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Disease.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a term for a group of inherited neuromuscular diseases.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Types 1 and 2 and Congenital Myopathies.
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