| Literature DB >> 19760790 |
Bakri Elsheikh1, Thomas Prior, Xiaoli Zhang, Robert Miller, Stephen J Kolb, Dan Moore, Walter Bradley, Richard Barohn, Wilson Bryan, Deborah Gelinas, Susan Iannaccone, Robert Leshner, Jerry R Mendell, Michelle Mendoza, Barry Russman, Stephen Smith, Wendy King, John T Kissel.
Abstract
To evaluate the effect of SMN2 copy number on disease severity in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), we stratified 45 adult SMA patients based on SMN2 copy number (3 vs. 4 copies). Patients with 3 copies had an earlier age of onset and lower spinal muscular atrophy functional rating scale (SMAFRS) scores and were more likely to be non-ambulatory. There was, however, no difference between the groups in quantitative muscle strength or pulmonary function testing. Functional scale may be a more discriminating outcome measure for SMA clinical trials.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19760790 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21350
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Muscle Nerve ISSN: 0148-639X Impact factor: 3.217