The importance of SMA screening tests in newborns – review
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused by the loss of alfa motor neurons occuring with a frequency of 1 of 11000 births. It leads to muscular weakness and is cause of high rate of mortality in children. 95% cases of SMA are caused by homozygous deletion...
| Published in: | Journal of Education, Health and Sport |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kazimierz Wielki University
2022-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/39216 |