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Novel LMNA mutation in a Taiwanese family with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Feb 2007
Liang Wen-Chen, Yuo Chung-Yee, Liu Chun-Ya, Lee Chee-Siong, Goto Kanako, Hayashi Yukiko K, Jong Yuh-Jyh
Abstract excerpt
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is characterized by early-onset contractures, slowly progressive weakness, and muscle wasting in humeroperoneal muscles, and adult-onset cardiomyopathy with conduction block. We analyzed blood samples from an EDMD family, including a mother and two daughters, and found a novel mutation in codon 520 in exon 9 of the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene, resulting in a substitution of...
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