8B60.3 Progressive muscular atrophy
International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
In progressive muscular atrophy, lower motor neuron signs in limb and trunk muscles are present without upper motor neuron involvement. Over time, some patients may progress to develop upper motor neuron signs, of which pathological evidence is common even in patients who never displayed clinical upper motor neuron signs, suggesting that progressive muscular atrophy is a form of ALS.
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synonyms
- Progressive muscular atrophy
- hereditary spinal muscle atrophy
- PMA - [progressive muscular atrophy]
- progressive muscle atrophy
- progressive spinal muscle atrophy
- pure progressive muscular atrophy
- Duchenne-Aran atrophy
- Duchenne-Aran muscle atrophy
- hereditary SMA - [spinal muscle atrophy]
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