Spinal muscular atrophy, type III

Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 3 (SMA3) is a relatively mild form of proximal spinal muscular atrophy characterized by muscle weakness and hypotonia resulting from the degeneration and loss of the lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and the brain stem nuclei.

Also known as: childhood spinal muscular atrophy, juvenile spinal muscular atrophy, Kugelberg Welander Syndrome, Kugelberg-Welander disease, SMA type 3, SMA type III, SMA-III, SMA3

28 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 13 tagged with Spinal muscular atrophy, type III itself.