Term Name: spinal muscular atrophy
Synonyms:
Definition: A motor neuron disease that is a degenerative neuromuscular disease characterized by lower motor neuron degeneration associated with progressive muscle weakness and atrophy.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12377]   ( DOID:12377 )

Relationships
is a type of: motor neuron disease
has subtype: adult spinal muscular atrophy autosomal dominant adult-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuronopathy autosomal recessive distal hereditary motor neuronopathy childhood spinal muscular atrophy Kennedy's disease spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominant spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy spinal muscular atrophy, Jokela type X-linked distal spinal muscular atrophy 3 X-linked spinal muscular atrophy 2