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New morphologic and genetic findings in cap disease associated with beta-tropomyosin (TPM2) mutations.
Neurology - 2 Dec 2008
Ohlsson M, Quijano-Roy S, Darin N, Brochier G, Lacène E, Avila-Smirnow D, Fardeau M, Oldfors A, Tajsharghi H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the beta-tropomyosin gene (TPM2) are a rare cause of congenital myopathies with features of nemaline myopathy and cap disease and may also cause distal arthrogryposis syndromes without major muscle pathology. We describe the muscle biopsy findings in three patients with cap disease and novel heterozygous mutations in TPM2. METHODS: Three unrelated patients with congenital myopathy were...
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