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Hereditary inclusion body myopathy: the Middle Eastern genetic cluster.
Neurology - 13 May 2003
Argov Z, Eisenberg I, Grabov-Nardini G, Sadeh M, Wirguin I, Soffer D, Mitrani-Rosenbaum S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recessively inherited hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) with quadriceps sparing was initially described only in Jews originating from the region of Persia. The recent identification of the gene responsible for this myopathy and the common "Persian Jewish mutation" (M712T) enabled the re-evaluation of atypical phenotypes and the epidemiology of HIBM in various communities in the Middle East....
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