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Is sma type ii a congenital affliction?
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Yes: Spinal muscular atrophy (sma) is caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron gene 1 (smn1). Most of the time, parents are unaffected and the mutation newly appears in the affected child.
Answered 9/29/2016
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