Progressive spinal muscular atrophy

This disease is a motor neuron disease, degeneration is limited to the spinal anterior horn alpha; motor neurons. It is characterized by muscle atrophy and muscle weakness, usually starting from the small muscles of the hand, spreading to the entire upper and lower limbs, the reflection disappears, and the sensory disturbance does not appear.

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