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A new dysferlin gene mutation in two Japanese families with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Mar 2001
Ueyama H, Kumamoto T, Nagao S, Masuda T, Horinouchi H, Fujimoto S, Tsuda T
Abstract excerpt
We found a new dysferlin gene mutation in two Japanese families, one with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and the other with Miyoshi myopathy. All patients in the limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B family showed apparent proximal dominant muscle atrophy and weakness, whereas a patient with Miyoshi myopathy in the second family showed distal muscle involvement at an early stage. The common clinical feature of all...
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