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Laing early onset distal myopathy: slow myosin defect with variable abnormalities on muscle biopsy.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Feb 2006
Lamont P J, Udd B, Mastaglia F L, de Visser M, Hedera P, Voit T, Bridges L R, Fabian V, Rozemuller A, Laing N G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Laing early onset distal myopathy (MPD1) is an autosomal dominant myopathy caused by mutations within the slow skeletal muscle fibre myosin heavy chain gene, MYH7. It is allelic with myosin storage myopathy, with the commonest form of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and with one form of dilated cardiomyopathy. However, the clinical picture of MPD1 is distinct from these three conditions....
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