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[Muscular dystrophy due to a deficit of gamma-sarcoglycan. A report of three patients with the Delta-521t mutation].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Eirís-Puñal J, Pintos-Martínez E, Lasa A, Gallano P, Castro-Gago M
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: gamma-sarcoglicanopathies, also classified as limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C) are a group of autosomal recessive muscular dystrophies due to mutations in 13q12 and subsequent g sarcoglican deficiency. The protein is one of the components of the dystrophin associated glycoprotein complex and is thought to impart structural integrity to the myofibre. The clinical course of the disease...
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