An X-linked recessive form of spinal muscular atrophy. It is due to a mutation of the gene encoding the ANDROGEN RECEPTOR.
Also Known As:
Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-Linked; Bulbospinal Muscular Atrophy, X-linked; Kennedy Disease; Kennedy Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy; Kennedy's Disease; Spinal And Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, X-Linked 1; Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy; X-Linked Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy; X-linked Bulbospinal Muscular Atrophy; Atrophies, X-Linked Bulbo-Spinal; Atrophy, Spinobulbar Muscular; Atrophy, X-Linked Bulbo-Spinal; Bulbo Spinal Atrophy, X Linked; Bulbo-Spinal Atrophies, X-Linked; Bulbospinal Muscular Atrophy, X linked; Spinal And Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, X Linked 1; Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophies; X Linked Bulbo Spinal Atrophy; X Linked Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy; X linked Bulbospinal Muscular Atrophy; X-Linked Bulbo-Spinal Atrophies; Atrophy, Muscular, Spinobulbar; Kennedy Syndrome; Muscular Atrophy, Spinobulbar; Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy