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Rare Disease

spinal muscular atrophy, facioscapulohumeral type

MONDO:0008452

Also known as:Fshsma

Overview

GeneticsAutosomal dominant

Treatments3 FDA approved, incl. 1 gene therapy

ResearchLimited published research (3 articles)

Clinical Presentation

Built from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) phenotype annotations and GeneReviews clinical descriptions. Features represent findings documented across known cases — not an exhaustive list of possible symptoms.

Features include: Skeletal muscle atrophy and Spinal muscular atrophy.

Organ System	Phenotype Count	Example Features
Muscles	2	Skeletal muscle atrophy, Spinal muscular atrophy
Bones and joints

Treatment

Compiled from FDA-approved drug records, orphan drug designations, and FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) safety data. GeneReviews management guidance is included where available.

3 FDA-approved treatments are available for spinal muscular atrophy, facioscapulohumeral type, including NUSINERSEN (SPINRAZA, approved 2016), onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi (Zolgensma, approved 2019), and RISDIPLAM (EVRYSDI, approved 2020).

Approved Therapies

Brand Name	Generic Name	Mechanism	Approved	Market Status

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for spinal muscular atrophy, facioscapulohumeral type.

3 publications have been identified in PubMed for spinal muscular atrophy, facioscapulohumeral type. Research spans Other (33%), Review / Meta-Analysis (33%), and Epidemiology / Natural History (33%).

Recent Publications

Deenen JC (2025). [PMID: 40034005](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40034005/). *Journal of neuromuscular diseases*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Poulsen NS (2025). [PMID: 40033997](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40033997/). *Journal of neuromuscular diseases*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Riuzzi F (2024). [PMID: 38651523](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38651523/). *European journal of translational myology*. [Other]

Data assembled from 5 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

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External Resources

OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

OMIM:182970

Questions for Your Care Team

→What are the eligibility criteria and monitoring requirements for Zolgensma?
→What are the benefits and potential side effects of SPINRAZA for managing spinal muscular atrophy, facioscapulohumeral type?
→Are there specialists or centers of excellence for this condition in my area?
→Is there a patient registry I should consider joining?

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