Facts
About SMA:
- SMA
is an autosomal recessive disease, this means that both parents must
be carriers
- 1
in 40 people carry the gene (gene deletion) responsible for SMA
- 1
in 6000 live births are affected
- SMA
is the #1 genetic killer of babies under the age of 2
- 1
in 4 chance with each pregnancy of having an affected child (25%)
- Does
not discriminate based on age or race or gender
- There
is no cure |
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