Fukutin gene mutations in an Italian patient with early onset muscular dystrophy but no central nervous system involvement.

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Hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan characterizes a subgroup of muscular dystrophies of variable severity, including Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. We found fukutin gene mutations in a 4.5-year-old Italian patient, with reduced alpha-dystroglycan expression, dystrophic features on muscle biopsy, hypotonia since birth, mild myopathy, but no brain involvement. Mutations in the fukutin gene can be...

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