Progressive muscular atrophy

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Related to Progressive muscular atrophy: Spinal muscular atrophy

(Med.)

a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles.

See also: Progressive

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is characterizsd by loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and lower brain stem, resulting in severe and progressive muscular atrophy and weakness.

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Progressive muscular atrophy and other lower motor neuron syndromes of adults.

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"And I look upon myself as the lucky one - life is difficult at times, but I have the slower type, progressive muscular atrophy. I never thought I'd get 10 years.