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Podcast: PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online
Episode: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
Description: This podcast will give you an approach to Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). By the end of this episode, listeners will be able to 1) define and understand the pathophysiology of SMA, 2) identify the clinical presentations of the different subtypes of SMA, 3) describe the differential diagnosis of SMA, 4) describe the screening guidelines and diagnostic evaluations of SMA, and 5) describe the management of SMA. Today's episode was created Johanie Victoria Piché, a 4th year medical student at McGill University, in collaboration with Dr. Maryam Oskoui, a pediatric neurologist at Montreal Children's Hospital. There are no conflicts of interest to disclose b...