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A neighbor child has sma (spinal muscular atrophy). is this a genetic disease?
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Yes: It's an autosomal recessive disease. That means that it takes a copy of the defective gene from each parent. Most of the time the parents of a child with SMA are carriers, meaning they only have one copy of the defective gene. It is not contagious.
Answered 11/23/2016
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