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A novel autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with quadriceps atrophy maps to 11p13-p12.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2007
Jarry J, Rioux M F, Bolduc V, Robitaille Y, Khoury V, Thiffault I, Tétreault M, Loisel L, Bouchard J P, Brais B
Abstract excerpt
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a heterogeneous group of pathologies. We have identified a cohort of 14 French-Canadian patients from eight different families displaying a novel form of LGMD with an autosomal recessive inheritance. These patients share some features with previously described cases of 'quadriceps myopathy' that evolved into an LGMD. All demonstrate quadriceps femoris asymmetrical...
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