Current Status of Treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is the first member identified among polyglutamine diseases characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the bulbar, facial, and limb muscles pathologically associated with motor neuron loss in the spinal cord and brainstem. Androgen re...

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Main Authors: Fumiaki Tanaka, Masahisa Katsuno, Haruhiko Banno, Keisuke Suzuki, Hiroaki Adachi, Gen Sobue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/369284