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Enrichment of the R77C alpha-sarcoglycan gene mutation in Finnish LGMD2D patients.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Feb 2005
Hackman P, Juvonen V, Sarparanta J, Penttinen M, Aärimaa T, Uusitalo M, Auranen M, Pihko H, Alén R, Junes M, Lönnqvist T, Kalimo H, Udd B
Abstract excerpt
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D (LGMD2D) is caused by mutations in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene (SGCA). The most frequently reported mutation, 229CGC>TGC (R77C) in exon 3 of SGCA, results in the substitution of arginine by cysteine. We present here the clinical, immunohistochemical, and genetic data of 11 Finnish patients with LGMD2D caused by mutations in SGCA. Mutational analysis showed 10 patients homozygous...
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