Article
Two related Dutch families with a clinically variable presentation of cardioskeletal myopathy caused by a novel S13F mutation in the desmin gene.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Bergman Jorieke E H, Veenstra-Knol Hermine E, van Essen Anthonie J, van Ravenswaaij Conny M A, den Dunnen Wilfred F A, van den Wijngaard Arthur, van Tintelen J Peter
Abstract excerpt
Desmin-related myopathy is characterised by skeletal muscle weakness often combined with cardiac involvement. Mutations in the desmin gene have been described as a cause of desmin-related myopathy (OMIM 601419). We report here on two distantly related Dutch families with autosomal dominant inheritance of desmin-related myopathy affecting 15 family members. A highly heterogeneous clinical picture is apparent,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
