Resolution of skin necrosis after nusinersen treatment in an infant with spinal muscular atrophy

Muscle Nerve. 2019 Jun;59(6):E42-E44. doi: 10.1002/mus.26457. Epub 2019 Mar 22.

Authors

Francesca Salmin¹, Emilio Albamonte¹, Valentina Morettini¹, Nicoletta Gagliano², Eugenio Mercuri³, Valeria Ada Sansone¹

Affiliations

¹ The NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Milan, ASST Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Human Anatomy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Child Neurology, University Hospital Policlinico Gemelli and the Pediatric NEMO Center in Rome, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 30811610
DOI: 10.1002/mus.26457

No abstract available

Keywords: distal necrosis; intrathecal injections; multiorgan; nusinersen; skin; spinal muscular atrophy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Infant
Infusions, Spinal
Necrosis
Oligonucleotides / therapeutic use*
Skin / pathology*
Skin Diseases / diagnosis*
Skin Diseases / etiology
Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / complications
Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / drug therapy*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Oligonucleotides
nusinersen