Diseases

Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood

A group of recessive inherited diseases that feature progressive muscular atrophy and hypotonia. They are classified as type I (Werdnig-Hoffman disease), type II (intermediate form), and type III (Kugelberg-Welander disease). Type I is fatal in infancy, type II has a late infantile onset and is associated with survival into the second or third decade. Type III has its onset in childhood, and is slowly progressive. (J Med Genet 1996 Apr:33(4):281-3)

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A group of recessive inherited diseases that feature progressive muscular atrophy and hypotonia. They are classified as type I (Werdnig-Hoffman disease), type II (intermediate form), and type III (Kugelberg-Welander disease). Type I is fatal in infancy, type II has a late infantile onset and is associated with survival into the second or third decade. Type III has its onset in childhood, and is slowly progressive. (J Med Genet 1996 Apr:33(4):281-3)

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  • Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Kugelberg-Welander Disease
  • Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome
  • Muscular Atrophy, Infantile
  • Muscular Atrophy, Juvenile
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Infantile
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Infantile Chronic Form
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Intermediate Type
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Type I
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Type II
  • Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Type III
  • SMA, Infantile Acute Form
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy 1
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Infantile
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Juvenile
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Mild Childhood and Adolescent Form
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type 3
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type I
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type II
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type III
  • Type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Type II Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Type III Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Werdnig Hoffman Disease
  • Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease
  • Infantile Muscular Atrophy
  • Juvenile Muscular Atrophy
  • Kugelberg Welander Disease
  • Kugelberg Welander Syndrome
  • Werdnig Hoffmann Disease

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infantile, childhood or adolescent: for other, MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL is available

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History Note

2000(1988)

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Previous Indexing

  • Muscular Atrophy (1966-1987)
  • Spinal Cord Diseases (1966-1987)

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WS 340.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014897. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014897
  2. Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554312