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Spinal muscular atrophy with intellectual disability

MedGen UID:
376518
Concept ID:
C1849109
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Spinal muscular atrophy with mental retardation
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0010054
OMIM®: 271109

Clinical features

From HPO
Syndactyly
MedGen UID:
52619
Concept ID:
C0039075
Congenital Abnormality
Webbing or fusion of the fingers or toes, involving soft parts only or including bone structure. Bony fusions are referred to as "bony" syndactyly if the fusion occurs in a radio-ulnar axis. Fusions of bones of the fingers or toes in a proximo-distal axis are referred to as "symphalangism".
Intellectual disability
MedGen UID:
811461
Concept ID:
C3714756
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. Intellectual disability, previously referred to as mental retardation, has been defined as an IQ score below 70.
Spinal muscular atrophy
MedGen UID:
7755
Concept ID:
C0026847
Disease or Syndrome
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy resulting from progressive degeneration and irreversible loss of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord (i.e., lower motor neurons) and the brain stem nuclei. The onset of weakness ranges from before birth to adulthood. The weakness is symmetric, proximal > distal, and progressive. Before the genetic basis of SMA was understood, it was classified into clinical subtypes based on maximum motor function achieved; however, it is now apparent that the phenotype of SMN1-associated SMA spans a continuum without clear delineation of subtypes. With supportive care only, poor weight gain with growth failure, restrictive lung disease, scoliosis, and joint contractures are common complications; however, newly available targeted treatment options are changing the natural history of this disease.
Microcephaly
MedGen UID:
1644158
Concept ID:
C4551563
Finding
Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Diagnosis

Leibowitz R, Lewis S, Emery J, Massie J, Smith M, Delatycki M, Archibald A
Aust J Prim Health 2022 Dec;28(6):580-587. doi: 10.1071/PY21247. PMID: 36192111
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Therapy

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Prognosis

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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

Ontario Health (Quality)
Ont Health Technol Assess Ser 2023;23(4):1-398. Epub 2023 Aug 10 PMID: 37637488Free PMC Article
Mensch SM, Rameckers EA, Echteld MA, Evenhuis HM
Res Dev Disabil 2015 Dec;47:185-98. Epub 2015 Oct 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.002. PMID: 26436614

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