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POMT1 and POMT2 mutations in CMD patients: a multicentric Italian study.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 2008
Messina S, Mora M, Pegoraro E, Pini A, Mongini T, D'Amico A, Pane M, Aiello C, Bruno C, Biancheri R, Berardinelli A, Boito C, Farina L, Morandi L, Moroni I, Pezzani R, Pichiecchio A, Ricci E, Ruggieri A, Saredi S, Scuderi C, Tessa A, Toscano A, Tortorella G, Trevisan C P, Uggetti C, Santorelli F M, Bertini E, Mercuri E
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in POMT1 and POMT2 genes were originally identified in Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) and subsequently reported in patients with milder phenotypes characterised by mental retardation with or without brain abnormalities and without ocular malformations. As part of a multicentric Italian study we screened the POMT1 and POMT2 genes in 61 congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) patients with alpha-dystroglycan...
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