Identification of the most relevant aspects of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with impact on the quality of life of SMA patients and their caregivers: the PROfuture project, a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Mencía de Lemus (Author), Maria G. Cattinari (Author), Samuel I. Pascual (Author), Julita Medina (Author), Mar García (Author), Ana Magallón (Author), María Dumont (Author), Pablo Rebollo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background SMA is a hereditary neuromuscular disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. Several studies have shown that the burden of SMA is very high at many levels. Functional assessment tools currently used do not completely address the impact of the disease in patients...