Different atrophy-hypertrophy transcription pathways in muscles affected by severe and mild spinal muscular atrophy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with mutations of the <it>survival motor neuron </it>gene <it>SMN </it>and is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy caused by deg...

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Main Authors: Millino Caterina, Fanin Marina, Vettori Andrea, Laveder Paolo, Mostacciuolo Maria, Angelini Corrado, Lanfranchi Gerolamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/7/14