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Follow-up of nemaline myopathy in two patients with novel mutations in the skeletal muscle alpha-actin gene (ACTA1).
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Sept 2004
Ohlsson M, Tajsharghi H, Darin N, Kyllerman M, Oldfors A
Abstract excerpt
Nemaline myopathy has been associated with mutations in five different genes, which all encode protein components of the sarcomeric thin filaments. We report follow-up studies in two children with mutations not previously described in skeletal muscle alpha-actin (ACTA1). Case 1 was a male patient who after birth suffered from pronounced muscle weakness and hypotonia. Muscle biopsy showed small fibers with...
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