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Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) |
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Disease name
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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| Test name
| SMA |
| Concerned breed
| Maine coon
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| Description of the disease
| Neuromuscular inherited disease
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| Symptom
| This affection is a degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord neurons, activating skeletal muscles of the trunk and limbs. Loss of neurons in the first few months of life leads to muscle weakness and atrophy that first becomes apparent at 3-4 months of age. Some affected kittens could live relatively comfortably until their 9 years.
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| Age of appearance
| From 3 months
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| Transmission
| Autosomal
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| Expression
| Recessive
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| Frequency
| Between 1 and 5%
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