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Test Your Knowledge on Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Developed by Dr. Lakshmi Venkataraman, MD
Health Quiz reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Dec 22, 2017

Last Updated on Dec 22, 2017

Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive loss of motor neurons in the spinal which control voluntary muscles. As a result, voluntary muscle activity such as walking, talking, breathing and swallowing becomes affected. Take this quiz to test your knowledge about spinal muscular atrophy.

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This Quiz has 10 questions.

1

Spinal muscle atrophy is what type of disorder?

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