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SMA
SMA is an acronym for "Spinal muscular atrophy", "Smooth muscle antibody", or "Superior mesenteric artery".
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 21-year old asked:
How common is sma?
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A 31-year old asked:
How is SMA diagnosed?
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A 40-year old asked:
What are the tests for sma?
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A 21-year old asked:
What are the different forms of sma?
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A 34-year old female asked:
34 year old women who is in great physical shape. Would it be possible to surgically removed a massive bloodclot from her superior SMA? Or no?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What is an sma-18 survey?
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A 21-year old asked:
How are patients with SMA cared for?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What types of conditions can an SMA -18 survey diagnose or suspect?
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A 21-year old asked:
What are the genetics of sma?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is SMA type II a congenital affliction?
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A 21-year old asked:
How can I find a doctor who specializes in sma?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have SMA type 3 and steal rods in my spine I am 20 and thinking about children would this be safe and if so would my child have sma?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Is SMA, (child version of ALS), rare? Statistics? Likelihood of it happening in a 3 yr old child?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I'm pregnant I'm came positive for SMA disease this is my second pregnancy my first child is healthy should I worried for that ?
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A 47-year old female asked:
If you have atherosclerosis in the infrarenal aorta and the SMA should you have testing to see if you have it in other major arteies?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Does severe restenisis of celiac artery need intervention/restenting if it's not causing any symptoms? If sent was blocked completely, wouldn't the collateral arteries (SMA, etc) provide enough blood if they are open?
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A 48-year old asked:
How long can someone live with type 1 SMA (spinal muscular atrophy)?
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A 47-year old asked:
How much time can a child live with type one SMA (spinal muscular atrophy)?
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A 35-year old asked:
How long can a child live successfully with type one SMA (spinal muscular atrophy)?
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A 22-year old male asked:
At 12 i had surgery for congenital malrotation, at 21 i was diagnosed with SMA syndrome is it possible to have both illnesses?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Is a neurofibroma tumor 2.5 CM in size positive for s100, pgp9.5, NSE, factor XIIIa, CD 34, desmin, and SMA cancer? Negative for CD68.
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A 38-year old female asked:
If I have a high positive ANA (1:640) speckled, nucleolar and low positive SMA (1:40), what further tests do I need to do? (Negative SS-A, SS-B, Smith, RNP, SCL-70, Anti Jo Abs)
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A 39-year old female asked:
Abd pain with eating. All GI tests normal.Diagnosed with MALS via aortagram. Back blood flow in SMA and celiac stenosis. Might surgery help?
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A 24-year old male asked:
My 9 month old keep being sick even with med and is now loosing weight my doctor say the SMA high energy no matter what should gain weight ?
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A 55-year old female asked:
I'm 55 and in 2020 I had start to use a method of self catheterizing to release urine. My bladder stopped working,in 2020 after an emergency surgery for SMA blockage,a foley was placed. Is there any test to see why or anything to correct my issue?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What does SMA 7 mean . Im going for a tummy tuck on August 19?
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A 39-year old asked:
Does spinal muscular atrophy (sma) prevent children from speaking?
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A 36-year old female asked about a female:
33yf severe abd pain x6mon. Ct scans prominent soft tissue celiac region and distended duodenum sugestive of SMA syndrome.Type of dr should be seen?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have a sma mole on my back that hasn't grown but has white/very light brown crust over like a scab its been there a few weeks. Could this be cancer?
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A female asked:
Child's penis and testicle not growing? My son is 9 years old and large for his age (in height and weight) but I am concerned bc it seems as if his penis and testicles are not growing. I realize that he has not hit puberty yet, but they seem unusually sma
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