A 20-year Clinical and Genetic Neuromuscular Cohort Analysis in Lebanon: An International Effort.
Megarbane A, Bizzari S, Deepthi A, Sabbagh S, Mansour H, Chouery E, Hmaimess G, Jabbour R, Mehawej C, Alame S, Hani A, Hasbini D, Ghanem I, Koussa S, Al-Ali MT, Obeid M, Talea DB, Lefranc G, Lévy N, Leturcq F, El Hayek S, Delague V, Urtizberea JA.
Megarbane A, et al.
J Neuromuscul Dis. 2022;9(1):193-210. doi: 10.3233/JND-210652.
J Neuromuscul Dis. 2022.
PMID: 34602496
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In this cohort, 81.4% of patients were diagnosed with motor neuron diseases and muscular dystrophies, with almost half of these described with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) (40.3% of patients). We estimate a high SMA incidence of 1 in 7,500 births in Lebanon. …
In this cohort, 81.4% of patients were diagnosed with motor neuron diseases and muscular dystrophies, with almost half of thes …