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Severe clinical expression in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 1999
Hoeltzenbein M, Karow T, Zeller J A, Warzok R, Wulff K, Zschiesche M, Herrmann F H, Grosse-Heitmeyer W, Wehnert M S
Abstract excerpt
X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a relatively rare benign neuromuscular disorder which can vary remarkably in onset, course and severity. In the present study, a TCTAC deletion spanning the nucleotides 631-635 of the emerin gene caused an unusually severe disease phenotype including loss of ambulation and severe muscle wasting in two affected brothers. The same mutation has been reported...
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