Distinct phenotypic features and gender-specific disease manifestations in a Spanish family with desmin L370P mutation.

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Desminopathies represent a subtype of myofibrillar myopathy caused by mutations in the DES gene, which cause myofibril disruption and intracellular inclusions containing desmin and other protein components. Desminopathy mainly involves skeletal and cardiac muscle, separately or together. Both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance have been reported. Here, we describe the second family identified...

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