Phase II open label study of valproic acid in spinal muscular atrophy.

UNLABELLED:Preliminary in vitro and in vivo studies with valproic acid (VPA) in cell lines and patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) demonstrate increased expression of SMN, supporting the possibility of therapeutic benefit. We performed an open label trial of VPA in 42 subjects with SMA to as...

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Main Authors: Kathryn J Swoboda, Charles B Scott, Sandra P Reyna, Thomas W Prior, Bernard LaSalle, Susan L Sorenson, Janine Wood, Gyula Acsadi, Thomas O Crawford, John T Kissel, Kristin J Krosschell, Guy D'Anjou, Mark B Bromberg, Mary K Schroth, Gary M Chan, Bakri Elsheikh, Louise R Simard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2680034?pdf=render