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A novel mutation in two families with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C.
Neurology - 11 Jul 2006
Duncan D R, Kang P B, Rabbat J C, Briggs C E, Lidov H G W, Darras B T, Kunkel L M
Abstract excerpt
The authors present three unrelated North American patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C. Muscle biopsies suggested gamma-sarcoglycan deficiencies for all three patients. Patients 1 and 2 had a novel homozygous E263K missense mutation on exon 8 of gamma-sarcoglycan (SGCG). Patient 3 had del521T on her maternal allele and an exon 6 deletion on her paternal allele. Patients 1 and 2 are of Puerto...
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