Spinal muscular atrophy type III

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Description of Spinal muscular atrophy type III

Spinal muscular atrophy type III (medical condition): Type of SMA, a genetic motor neuron disease affecting nerves and muscles.

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Spinal muscular atrophy type III: [MIM*253400] the juvenile form, with onset in childhood or adolescence; characterized by progressive proximal muscular weakness and wasting, primarily in the pelvic girdle, followed by distal muscle involvement; caused by degeneration of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord; autosomal recessive inheritance, caused by mutation in the SMN1 gene on 5q. SYN: juvenile muscular atrophy, juvenile spinal muscular atrophy, Kugelberg-Welander disease, Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander disease.
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