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Calpainopathy: how broad is the spectrum of clinical variability?
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2003
Starling Alessandra, de Paula Flavia, Silva Helga, Vainzof Mariz, Zatz Mayana
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Five affected siblings were referred with a probable diagnosis of proximal adult-type spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) based on lower motor neuron signs (muscle weakness and atrophy, hypotony, hypoactive or absent reflexes, and fasciculations), normal or borderline serum creatine kinase levels, and a neurogenic pattern on electromyography, compatible with motor neuron disease, in one patient. No exon 7-8 deletion in...
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