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Progressive muscular atrophy

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also claimed to have described the condition 1 year earlier, although the written report was never found. The condition has been called progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Aran–Duchenne disease, Duchenne–Aran disease, Aran–Duchenne muscular atrophy, and Duchenne–Aran
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or local healthcare policies may not recognize PMA as being the life-changing illness that it is. In cases where being classified as being PMA rather than ALS is likely to restrict access to services, it may be preferable to be diagnosed as "slowly progressive ALS" or "lower
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Tsuchiya K, Sano M, Shiotsu H, Akiyama H, Watabiki S, Taki K, Kondo H, Nakano I, Ikeda K (Sep 2004). "Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of long duration mimicking spinal progressive muscular atrophy exists: additional autopsy case with a clinical course of 19 years".
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An initial diagnosis of PMA could turn out to be slowly progressive ALS many years later, sometimes even decades after the initial diagnosis. The occurrence of upper motor neuron symptoms such as brisk reflexes, spasticity, or a
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which included ALS, PMA, and PBP, in part because it was almost impossible to distinguish the conditions at autopsy. Other researchers have suggested that PMA is just ALS in an earlier stage of progression, because although the
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Visser J, de Visser M, Van den Berg-Vos RM, Van den Berg LH, Wokke JH, de Jong JM, Franssen H (May 2008). "Interpretation of electrodiagnostic findings in sporadic progressive muscular atrophy".
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Ince PG, Evans J, Knopp M, Forster G, Hamdalla HH, Wharton SB, Shaw PJ (Apr 2003). "Corticospinal tract degeneration in the progressive muscular atrophy variant of ALS".
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Wicks P, Abrahams S, Leigh PN, Williams T, Goldstein LH (Nov 2006). "Absence of cognitive, behavioral, or emotional dysfunction in progressive muscular atrophy".
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Wijesekera LC, Mathers S, Talman P, Galtrey C, Parkinson MH, Ganesalingam J, Willey E, Ampong MA, Ellis CM, Shaw CE, Al-Chalabi A, Leigh PN (Mar 2009).
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In favour of considering PMA a separate disease, some patients with PMA live for decades after diagnosis, which would be unusual in typical ALS.
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Some patients have symptoms restricted only to the arms or legs (or in some cases just one of either). These cases are referred to as
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appear unaffected on clinical examination there are in fact detectable pathological signs of upper motor neuron damage on autopsy.
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The importance of correctly recognizing progressive muscular atrophy as opposed to ALS is important for several reasons.
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Visser J, de Jong JM, de Visser M (Feb 2008). "The history of progressive muscular atrophy: Syndrome or disease?".
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It typically takes longer to be diagnosed with PMA than ALS, an average of 20 months for PMA vs 15 months in ALS.
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over whether PMA is a distinct disease with its own characteristics, or if lies somewhere on a spectrum with
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muscular atrophy. The name "spinal muscular atrophy" is ambiguous as it refers to any of various
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would indicate a progression to ALS; the correct diagnosis is also occasionally made on autopsy.
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World Federation of Neurology El Escorial Research Criteria for "Definite" or "Probable" ALS
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Despite being rarer than ALS, PMA was described earlier, when in 1850 French neurologist
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The 5-year survival rate has been estimated at 33% and the 10-year survival rate at 12%.
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in PMA to be 33% (vs 20% in ALS) and the 10-year survival rate to be 12% (vs 6% in ALS).
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refers to both ALS specifically and to the spectrum of ALS, PMA, PLS, and PBP. In the
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Because of its rarity (even compared to ALS) and confusion about the condition, some
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To this day, terminology around these diseases remains confusing because in the
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has been linked specifically to PMA, and the disorder does not appear in the
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As a result of lower motor neuron degeneration, the symptoms of PMA include:
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Because PMA patients do not have UMN signs, they usually do not meet the
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Since its initial description in 1850, there has been debate in the
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Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMALED)
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The prognosis is a little better. A recent study found the 5-year
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were among those who felt that PMA was part of a spectrum of
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and so are ineligible to participate in the majority of
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Specialty
Neurology
lower motor neurons
motor neuron diseases
lower motor neurons
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
upper
lower
primary lateral sclerosis
muscle weakness
muscle atrophy
fasciculations
flail limb
diagnosis of exclusion
multifocal motor neuropathy
spinal muscular atrophy
MRI
clinical examination
EMG
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
primary lateral sclerosis
reflexes
spasticity
Babinski's sign
emotional lability
survival rate
cognitive change
clinical trials

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