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Private beta- and gamma-sarcoglycan gene mutations: evidence of a founder effect in Northern Italy.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2000
Fanin M, Hoffman E P, Angelini C, Pegoraro E
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive muscular dystrophies called "sarcoglycanopathies" result from mutations in the genes encoding alpha-, beta-, gamma-, or delta-sarcoglycan complex components. The present study involved six unrelated families from Northern Italy showing mutations in the beta- or gamma-sarcoglycan genes. An 8 bp duplication in the beta-sarcoglycan gene and 1 bp insertion in the gamma-sarcoglycan gene occur with...
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