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[Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Dec 2000
Toda T
Abstract excerpt
Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy in combination with cortical dysgenesis and ocular abnormality. We identified on chromosome 9 q31 the gene for FCMD, which encodes a novel 461-amino-acid protein (fukutin). Most FCMD-bearing chromosomes have been derived from a single ancestral founder, whose mutation consisted of a 3-kb retrotransposal insertion...
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