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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), popularly known as Kennedy's disease, is a rare, adult-onset, X-linked recessive lower motor neuron disease caused by trinucleotide CAG repeat expansions in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) gene, which results in both loss of AR function and toxic gain of function.

Instance of
designated intractable/rare disease
Rare disease
class of disease
Subclass of
Spinal muscular atrophy
nervous system heredodegenerative disease
rare male infertility due to testicular endocrine disorder
bulbospinal muscular atrophy of adult
X-linked recessive disorder
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