Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SMA
Pronunciation
/ˈspaɪnəl ˈməskjələr ˈætrəfi/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Objective To carry out prenatal gene diagnosis in a pedigree of infantile spinal muscular atrophy ( SMA ).
  2. Progressive spinal muscular atrophy
  3. Methods The clinical data of13 infants suffering from infantile spinal muscular atrophy were analysed.
  4. Objective To investigate the clinical and electrophysiology features of infantile spinal muscular atrophy, and explore the clinical significance of genetic diagnosis.
  5. Spinal muscular atrophy in childhood is one of the most common neuromuscular disorders with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.

Other meanings of SMA