Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease)

Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease)
Du·chenne-Aran muscular atrophy (disease) (du-shenґ ah-rahґ) [G.B.A. Duchenne; Franзois Amilcar Aran, French physician, 1817–1861] spinal muscular atrophy; see under atrophy.

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