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Rapsyn mutations in hereditary myasthenia: distinct early- and late-onset phenotypes.
Neurology - 23 Sept 2003
Burke G, Cossins J, Maxwell S, Owens G, Vincent A, Robb S, Nicolle M, Hilton-Jones D, Newsom-Davis J, Palace J, Beeson D
Abstract excerpt
Rapsyn mutations in 16 unrelated patients with a congenital/hereditary myasthenic syndrome were identified, and a mutation (N88K) common to each of them was found. Two distinct phenotypes were noted: early and late onset. The former is frequently associated with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and life-threatening crises. The late-onset phenotype developed in adolescence or adulthood and was initially mistaken...
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