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Eosinophilic myositis as presenting symptom in gamma-sarcoglycanopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2009
Baumeister Sarah K, Todorovic Slobodanka, Milić-Rasić Vedrana, Dekomien Gabriele, Lochmüller Hanns, Walter Maggie C
Abstract excerpt
The patient reported here presented with first symptoms at the age of 10 showing an abnormal gait, calf hypertrophy and winged scapulae. She was diagnosed with eosinophilic myositis after muscle biopsy. A second muscle biopsy at the age of 20 and subsequent genetic testing, however, revealed the underlying condition of a primary gamma-sarcoglycanopathy, or LGMD2C. To our knowledge, this is the first LGMD2C...
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