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Clinical and genetic analysis of lipid storage myopathies.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Mar 2009
Ohkuma Aya, Noguchi Satoru, Sugie Hideo, Malicdan May Christine V, Fukuda Tokiko, Shimazu Kunio, López Luis Carlos, Hirano Michio, Hayashi Yukiko K, Nonaka Ikuya, Nishino Ichizo
Abstract excerpt
Causative genes have been identified only in four types of lipid storage myopathies (LSMs): SLC22A5 for primary carnitine deficiency (PCD); ETFA, ETFB, and ETFDH for multiple acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenation deficiency (MADD); PNPLA2 for neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy (NLSDM); and ABHD5 for neutral lipid storage disease with ichthyosis. However, the frequency of these LSMs has not been determined. We...
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