1.   In addition to birth defects, mercury poisoning causes neurological damage, with symptoms ranging from muscular atrophy to mental deterioration.

2.   Jack, the baby son of Ann and Albert Freedman, is dying of spinal muscular atrophy, a disease caused by an inherited gene.

3.   Jeremy Bray of Manitoba, Canada has spinal muscular atrophy, but has always wanted to be a Texas Cowboy.

4.   Landre, from Howell, N.J., said her daughter suffers spinal muscular atrophy, a crippling disease of the spinal cord.

5.   Last year his researchers identified the genetic abnormality that causes spinal muscular atrophy, making possible a prenatal genetic screening for couples with a family history of the disease.

6.   Ms. Theriault has a condition called spinal muscular atrophy.

7.   Nosek, who has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a wheelchair, employs three personal attendants, one of whom accompanies her to work.

8.   The related diseases, which are also inherited, include spinocerebellar ataxia and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.

9.   The related diseases, which are also inherited, include spinocellebellar ataxia and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.