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Spinal muscular atrophy - Prevention

Alternative Names

Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

Prevention:

Genetic counseling is recommended for prospective parents with a family history of spinal muscular atrophy.

Superficial anterior muscles

Reviewed last on: 12/17/2008
Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF. The hip. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier;2007:chap 606.

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