Abstract

PURPOSE: Patients with severe infantile spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) often die of respiratory complications. Gastrostomy, noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and gastroesophageal reflux therapy may not prolong survival. We describe a nutritional strategy that improved the respiratory course of a child with severe SMA.

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