Paediatrica IndonesianaVol 63 No 4 (2023): July 2023
Spinal muscular atrophy with severe scoliosis: a case report
Dikahayu Alifia Anugrah(Department of Pediatric Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java) Sunartini Sunartini(Department of Pediatric Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java) Mohammad Juffrie(Department of Pediatric Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java)
Article Info
Publish Date 16 Aug 2023
Abstract
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease that causes general weakness, muscle atrophy, and poor muscle movement. This condition is due to a homozygous disruption of the survival motor neuron (SMN) 1 survival gene due to deletion, conversion, or mutation.1
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