This information booklet is the first of three and has been written for healthcare professionals wishing to ready their centre for running or expanding clinical trials in SMA.
Authors: Marija Krstic and Vanessa Christie-Brown
Download: Spinal muscular atrophy: pathology, diagnosis, clinical presentation, therapeutic strategies and treatments
The department of Paediatric Neurology and Muscle Diseases at Freiburg University Medical Centre has produced this video to explain lumbar punctures to children, young people and their parents. It is hoped that it will provide them with peace of mind. The video may be used as a supplement to the explanations and preparations by the treating physician.
A lumbar puncture, also called spinal tap, is a medical test. It may be applied to children and young people in order to diagnose diseases of the nervous system or to give a medication (such as Spinraza™).
You can listen to the video in:
SMA Europe discusses how new treatments for spinal muscular atrophy open up new challenges for European and national institutions
Authors: Marie-Christine Ouillade & Alexandre Méjat.