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spinal muscular atrophy, Jokela type

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A spinal muscular atrophy that is characterized by adult-onset of muscle cramps and fasciculations affecting the proximal and distal muscles of the upper and lower limbs and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the CHCHD10 gene on chromosome 22q

A spinal muscular atrophy that is characterized by adult-onset of muscle cramps and fasciculations affecting the proximal and distal muscles of the upper and lower limbs and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the CHCHD10 gene on chromosome 22q11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Muscle spasm
  • Areflexia
  • Muscle weakness
  • Skeletal muscle atrophy
  • Hyporeflexia
  • Elevated circulating creatine kinase activity
  • Gait disturbance
  • Pes cavus
  • Fasciculations
  • Spinal muscular atrophy