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No muscle involvement in myoclonus-dystonia caused by epsilon-sarcoglycan gene mutations.
European journal of neurology - 1 May 2008
Hjermind L E, Vissing J, Asmus F, Krag T, Lochmüller H, Walter M C, Erdal J, Blake D J, Nielsen J E
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Mutations in the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene (SGCE) can cause autosomal dominant inherited myoclonus-dystonia (M-D). Defects in other sarcoglycans; alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta can cause autosomal recessive inherited limb girdle muscular dystrophies. epsilon- and alpha-sarcoglycans are very homo...
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