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SEPN1: associated with congenital fiber-type disproportion and insulin resistance.
Annals of neurology - 1 Mar 2006
Clarke Nigel F, Kidson Warren, Quijano-Roy Susana, Estournet Brigitte, Ferreiro Ana, Guicheney Pascale, Manson James I, Kornberg Andrew J, Shield Lloyd K, North Kathryn N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our first objective was to determine whether SEPN1 gene mutations are a cause of congenital fiber-type disproportion (CFTD), a rare form of congenital myopathy in which relative hypotrophy of type 1 (slow twitch) muscle fibers is the principal abnormality on histology. Second, we investigated an association between SEPN1-related myopathy and insulin resistance. METHODS: We sequenced SEPN1 in five...
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