A rare, progressive neuro-muscular disease that occurs in adults. Nerve cells in the spinal cord are impaired resulting in loss of voluntary muscle control in various parts of the body. The lack of use of the muscle results in atrophy or weakness. Progression and prognosis is difficult to determine as individuals are affected to varying degrees. The condition is also called bulbospinal muscular atrophy and Kennedy's disease.
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Prognosis for Adult SMA: Poor. Commonly death within 5 years.
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Adult SMA is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Adult SMA, or a subtype of Adult SMA,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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