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SMA
SMA is an acronym for "Spinal muscular atrophy", "Smooth muscle antibody", or "Superior mesenteric artery".
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
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How common is SMA?
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How is SMA diagnosed?
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Can you die from SMA?
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What are the symptoms of SMA?
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What are the different forms of SMA?
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How can I find a doctor who specializes in SMA?
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What is an sma-18 survey?
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What types of conditions can an sma -18 survey diagnose or suspect?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Recently diagnosed with sma nutcracker syndrome. how likely is my being a small person a factor in that diagnosis?
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What is the lifespan of a child with sma type 2?
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How is a genetic muscle or nerve degeneration (MD, SMA) process treated or prevented-current; future?
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dear Doctor lever function test as per the following normal: AST: 19 2nd test ALT: 34 in the sma eday i made in it was ALT ALT 41.5 1st test?
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If you have atherosclerosis in the infrarenal aorta and the sma should you have testing to see if you have it in other major arteies?
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How do I get rid of constipation? I was broke for a little while and didn't have much food to eat at all. At first I thought I hadn't had to go because of the lack of food but during the few days I was constipated and after a day finally passed a very sma
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A 39-year old asked:
Does Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) prevent children from speaking?
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How long can someone live with type 1 sma (spinal muscular atrophy)?
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How long can a child live successfully with type one sma (spinal muscular atrophy)?
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Can stenosis return after celiac artery compression surgery? Pain nausea steatorrea back. Sma plaque also. Could ischemia be from sma alone?
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Child's penis and testicle not growing? My son is 9 years old and large for his age (in height and weight) but I am concerned bc it seems as if his penis and testicles are not growing. I realize that he has not hit puberty yet, but they seem unusually sma
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A friend's child has been diagnosed with sma (spinal muscular atrophy). Does this happen to be a mitochondrial disease?
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100 % blocked artery I have 1 artery that is 100% blocked and 2 that is 50% blocked.I'm with the VA and they said the 100% blocked artery rerouted two little veins to the bottom of my heart and kind of repaired itself.they are also 50% blocked and too sma
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What does it mean?CT scan-distended proximal portion duodenum w/transition point in the mid aspect of the third portion of duod sugest SMA syndrome
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