Article
Rod distribution and muscle fiber type modification in the progression of nemaline myopathy.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Mar 2003
Gurgel-Giannetti Juliana, Reed Umbertina C, Marie Sueli K, Zanoteli Edmar, Fireman Moacir A T, Oliveira Acary S B, Werneck Lineu C, Beggs Alan H, Zatz Mayana, Vainzof Mariz
Abstract excerpt
Nemaline myopathy is a structural congenital myopathy associated with the presence of rodlike structures inside the muscle fibers and type I predominance. It may be caused by mutations in at least five genes: slow alpha-tropomyosin 3 (chromosome 1q22-23), nebulin (chromosome 2q21.1-q22), actin (chromosome 1q42), tropomyosin 2 (chromosome 9p13), and troponin T1 (chromosome 19q13.4). The effect of these mutations...
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