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Miyoshi myopathy patients with novel 5' splicing donor site mutations showed different dysferlin immunostaining at the sarcolemma.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Dec 2002
Saito Akiko, Higuchi Itsuro, Nakagawa Masanori, Saito Mineki, Hirata Keiko, Suehara Masahito, Yoshida Yoshihiro, Takahashi Toshiaki, Aoki Masashi, Osame Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed five clinically defined cases of Miyoshi myopathy both genetically and immunologically. Western blot of muscle specimens confirmed that all of these patients had dysferlin deficiency. Immunohistochemistry revealed that two of the five patients showed positive dysferlin immunostaining. Subsequent mutation analysis of the dysferlin gene in these two patients revealed that both had novel 5' splicing...
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