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Dominant LMNA mutations can cause combined muscular dystrophy and peripheral neuropathy.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jul 2005
Benedetti S, Bertini E, Iannaccone S, Angelini C, Trisciani M, Toniolo D, Sferrazza B, Carrera P, Comi G, Ferrari M, Quattrini A, Previtali S C
Abstract excerpt
The coexistence of neurogenic and myogenic features in scapuloperoneal syndrome is rarely ascribed to a single gene. Defects in the nuclear envelope protein lamin A/C, encoded by the LMNA gene, have been shown to be associated with a variety of disorders affecting mainly the muscular and adipose tissues and, more recently, with autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 neuropathy. This report is about a...
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