Oral function should be measured routinely to determine individual bulbar involvement stages in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). “Our results underscore the heterogeneity of oral function effort across ...
"Decreasing AMMO [active maximal mouth opening] over time is seen most often in patients with SMA type 2 with an estimated reduction of almost 1 mm per year...At this point, we propose that ...
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a well-established treatment for breathing difficulties caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), even though its use has not been investigated in a randomized, ...