Kugelberg-Welander Disease

Type III spinal muscular atrophy (also called Kugelberg-Welander disease or juvenile type) is a milder form of the disorder than types I or II, or the X-linked form. Symptoms appear between early childhood and early adulthood.

Type III: Type III SMA is also known as Kugelberg-Welander disease or juvenile SMA and is the mildest form of childhood-onset SMA.

Type III SMA (known as Kugelberg-Welander disease) is the mildest form of childhood SMA. However, the symptoms and their severity can vary greatly.

Synonym(s): Werdnig-Hoffman Disease, Kugelberg-Welander Disease
Condensed from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Fact Sheet
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Intermediate SMA - Type 2 SMA
Juvenile SMA - also known as Type 3 SMA or Kugelberg-Welander disease
Adult onset SMA - Type 4 SMA.
Symptoms
Infantile SMA is the most severe form. The symptoms include: ...

Progressive Bulbar Palsy, Included
Benign Focal Amyotrophy of ALS
Upper Motor Neuron Disease
Werdnig-Hoffman Disease
Wohlfart-Disease
Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Infantile Spinal Muscular Atrophy, ALS
Kugelberg-Welander Disease ...

Fazio-Londe disease, infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy (Werdnig-Hoffman syndrome), Juvenile progressive spinal muscular atrophy (Kugelberg-Welander disease), ...

SMA 3 patients (Kugelberg-Welander disease) will show symptoms after age 1, and will walk for a period of time prior to loss of motor abilities. SMA 4 patients will not develop symptoms much before age 10 years.

Krause-Kivlin syndrome see Peters Anomaly/Peters Plus syndrome
Kufs disease (adult type) see Batten disease
Kugelberg-Welander disease see SpinalMuscular Atrophy
Kyphoscoliosis Type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome see Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ...

See also: Muscular atrophy, Atrophy, Spinal muscular atrophy, Symptom, Weakness