SMA Issues for Young Adults

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by Chris Comish |

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Approximately one in 10,000 newborns is affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a condition that results in muscle wasting and severely impaired mobility.

Read about the four different areas of SMA management.

In this fightsmavideo video, listen to researchers and parents at the 2016 FightSMA Annual Research Conference talk about how families deal with spinal muscular atrophy.

Learn all about the new exoskeleton designed to specifically give children who suffer from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) a chance to stand up and walk.

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