Article
[Genetic investigations in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a preliminary report].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Dorobek Małgorzata, Kabzińska Dagmara, Ryniewicz Barbara, Fidziańska-Dolot Anna, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz Irena
Abstract excerpt
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a primary muscle disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. FSHD was mapped to chromosome 4 locus q35, but the gene is not yet known. It is characterised by progressive, often asymmetric, selective muscular weakness and great clinical variability. The aim of the study was to analyze 62 FSHD cases from 44 Polish families in which the diagnosis was confirmed by...
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