Kennedy disease can also affect the endocrine system and the regulation of fats (lipids) in the blood.

Kennedy’s disease, also called is spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. It is an advanced degenerative condition affecting worse motor neurons. It is one of nine neurodegenerative disorders result by a polyglutamine repeat expansion. Kennedy illness affects the lower motor neurons, which are responsible for movement of the arms. It also affects the nerves which supply the bulbar muscles, which control breathing, swallowing, and talking. Kennedy disease is caused by a genetic defect on the X (female) chromosome.

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