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Clinical Study on Spinal Muscular Atrophies
Soo Ahn Chae, Yong Seung Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(12):1728-1736.   Published online December 15, 1992
Spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) are degenerative diseases of motor neurons that begin in fetal life and continue to be progressive in infancy and childhood. Since Werdnig's description of Type 1 SMA in 1891, numerous clinical and experimental studies have been carried out in America and Europe. Few cases were reported about these diseases in Korea but there was no systemic...