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Autosomal dominant myopathy with proximal weakness and early respiratory muscle involvement maps to chromosome 2q.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1999
Nicolao P, Xiang F, Gunnarsson L G, Giometto B, Edström L, Anvret M, Zhang Z
Abstract excerpt
Two Swedish families with autosomal dominant myopathy, who also had proximal weakness, early respiratory failure, and characteristic cytoplasmic bodies in the affected muscle biopsies, were screened for linkage by means of the human genome screening set (Cooperative Human Linkage Center Human Screening Set/Weber version 6). Most chromosome regions were completely excluded by linkage analysis (LOD score <-2)....
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