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Structural and functional analysis of a new desmin variant causing desmin-related myopathy.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2001
Goudeau B, Dagvadorj A, Rodrigues-Lima F, Nédellec P, Casteras-Simon M, Perret E, Langlois S, Goldfarb L, Vicart P
Abstract excerpt
Desmin-related myopathy is a familial or sporadic disease characterized by skeletal muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy as well as the presence of intracytoplasmic aggregates of desmin-reactive material in the muscle cells. Previously, two kinds of deletions and eight missense mutations have been identified in the desmin gene and proven to be responsible for the disorder. The present study was conducted to...
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