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Myotilinopathy in a family with late onset myopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 2006
Pénisson-Besnier Isabelle, Talvinen Kati, Dumez Catherine, Vihola Anna, Dubas Frédéric, Fardeau Michel, Hackman Peter, Carpen Olli, Udd Bjarne
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in titin are well known cause of late onset autosomal dominant distal myopathy. Mutations in another sarcomeric protein, myotilin, were first identified in two families with dominant limb girdle muscular phenotype. Recently, however, myotilin mutations have been associated with more distal phenotypes in patients with late onset myofibrillar myopathy. We report here a multigenerational French family in...
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