Abstract:Spinomuscular atrophy is a rare type of inherited neuromuscular disorder of degeneration of alfa cells of the anterior horn. The presentation and prognosis of disease vary depending upon the type, age of presentation and severity of the disease. Here we are presenting a case of a male baby who presented with lethargy, poor feeding, respiratory distress and seizures. On examination the child was sick looking, tachypnoeic, with Downe’s score of 7, with bilateral crypts with hypotonia and having seizures. The lab… Show more
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