title: [Spinal muscular atrophy with open bite: A case report].
abstract: Spinal muscular atrophy is one rare type of autosomal recessive disorder. The disease is characterized by the progressive degeneration of spinal cord anterior horn motor neurons and brainstem motor nuclei, which leads to muscle atrophy and paralysis. One case of spinal muscular atrophy with open bite was reported here.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing 314000, China.
authors.forename: Weiying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal; D024343:Open Bite