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Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A childhood spinal muscular atrophy that has age of onset after 18 months and is characterized by muscle weakness after early childhood and the ability to stand and walk and that is caused by homozygous or compound heter
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Overview
A childhood spinal muscular atrophy that has age of onset after 18 months and is characterized by muscle weakness after early childhood and the ability to stand and walk and that is caused by homozygous or compound heter
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