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Pattern of skeletal muscle involvement in primary dysferlinopathies: a whole-body 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging study.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 2009
Kesper K, Kornblum C, Reimann J, Lutterbey G, Schröder R, Wattjes M P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: Mutations in the gene encoding dysferlin cause limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B), distal Miyoshi myopathy (MM), and a rare form of distal anterior compartment myopathy. To study the correlations between clinical manifestations and muscle imaging changes we conducted a 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study in six German patients with primary dysferlinopathies defined by...
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