Kugelberg-Welander disease

Authors

  • Poritosh Kumar Chowdhury Assistant Professor, Respiratory Medicine, Khulna Medical College, Khulna
  • Bishnupada Paik Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, Khulna Medical College, Khulna
  • Bishnu Pada Saha Assistant Registrar, Medicine, Khulna Medical College Hospital, Khulna
  • Poritosh Kumar Roy Professor of Medicine, Khulna Medical College, Khulna
  • Palash Biswas Lecturer, Pathology, Khulna Medical College.

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of genetically determined disorders affecting spinal and cranial motor neurons, characterized by proximal and distal wasting, fasciculation and weakness of muscles. This patient presented with the features of slow progression of weakness and wasting of limbs, involuntary muscle twitching & without sensory impairment. No definitive treatment is yet to be discovered. SMA in adulthood is very rare. Most cases are detected in childhood and adolescence period. Sooner the diagnosis can be done, better the prognostic value.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmjk.v47i1-2.22560

Bang Med J (Khulna) 2014; 47 : 29-31

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2015-03-12

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Kugelberg-Welander disease. (2015). Bangladesh Medical Journal Khulna, 47(1-2), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmjk.v47i1-2.22560

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Vol. 47 No. 1-2 (2014)

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Case Reports

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Kugelberg-Welander disease. (2015). Bangladesh Medical Journal Khulna, 47(1-2), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmjk.v47i1-2.22560