Disease association ontology term - MONDO:0010056 - spinal muscular atrophy, type IV
Term summary
- ID
- MONDO:0010056
- Name
- spinal muscular atrophy, type IV
- Ontology or CV name
- Disease association
- Definition
- Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 4 (SMA4) is the adult-onset form of proximal spinal muscular atrophy characterized by muscle weakness and hypotonia resulting from the degeneration and loss of the lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and the brain stem nuclei.
