TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical and genetic study of spinal muscular atrophies in Oman
AU - Koul, Roshan
AU - Al Futaisi, Amna
AU - Chacko, Alexander
AU - Rao, Vasudev
AU - Simsek, Mehmet
AU - Muralitharan, Shanmugakonar
AU - Ganguly, Shyam S.
AU - Bayoumi, Riad
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - This article presents a retrospective study and a prospective study on spinal muscular atrophy in Oman. For the retrospective study, data were collected from neurophysiology records, from both inpatient and outpatient files. The prospective study was conducted on children as they presented to the hospital and was funded by Sultan Qaboos University. The patients of spinal muscular atrophy were classified into types I, II, and III based on their clinical features as per the International Spinal Muscular Atrophy Consortium classification. The incidence of spinal muscular atrophy was about 1 per 6000 live births. Spinal muscular atrophy type I formed 65% of the cases. Survival motor neuron deletion was seen in 70% of cases of all types of spinal muscular atrophy. The deletion was 83% in spinal muscular atrophy type I. A further study to look into the nondeletional cases is in progress.
AB - This article presents a retrospective study and a prospective study on spinal muscular atrophy in Oman. For the retrospective study, data were collected from neurophysiology records, from both inpatient and outpatient files. The prospective study was conducted on children as they presented to the hospital and was funded by Sultan Qaboos University. The patients of spinal muscular atrophy were classified into types I, II, and III based on their clinical features as per the International Spinal Muscular Atrophy Consortium classification. The incidence of spinal muscular atrophy was about 1 per 6000 live births. Spinal muscular atrophy type I formed 65% of the cases. Survival motor neuron deletion was seen in 70% of cases of all types of spinal muscular atrophy. The deletion was 83% in spinal muscular atrophy type I. A further study to look into the nondeletional cases is in progress.
KW - Genetics
KW - Spinal muscular atrophy
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U2 - 10.1177/0883073807306268
DO - 10.1177/0883073807306268
M3 - Article
C2 - 17940251
AN - SCOPUS:38349001004
SN - 0883-0738
VL - 22
SP - 1227
EP - 1230
JO - Journal of Child Neurology
JF - Journal of Child Neurology
IS - 10
ER -