Article
Primary desminopathies.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Schröder Rolf, Vrabie Alexandra, Goebel Hans H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the human desmin gene on chromosome 2q35 cause a familial or sporadic form of skeletal myopathy frequently associated with cardiac abnormalities. Skeletal and cardiac muscle from patients with primary desminopathies characteristically display cytoplasmic accumulation of desmin-immunoreactive material and myofibrillar changes. However, desmin-positive protein aggregates in conjunction with...
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