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Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1 (medical condition): An inherited neuromuscular disease that causes progressive weakness in the arm and chest muscles leading to severe respiratory problems early in life. Sufferers are never able to sit independently and breathing problems progress rapidly with breathing assistance needed within the first five years.
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»Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1
»Symptoms of Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1
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Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1, or a subtype of Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1 (medical condition): See Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1 (disease information).
»Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1
»Symptoms of Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress 1
Source - NIH
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