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Consequences of mutations within the C terminus of the FHL1 gene.
Neurology - 18 Aug 2009
Schoser B, Goebel H H, Janisch I, Quasthoff S, Rother J, Bergmann M, Müller-Felber W, Windpassinger C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the four-and-a-half LIM domain 1 gene (FHL1) cause X-linked late-onset scapuloaxioperoneal myopathy characterized by postural muscle atrophy with rigid spine syndrome with pseudoathleticism/hypertrophy (XMPMA), reducing body myopathy (RBM), and scapuloperoneal myopathy. Divergences in these diseases are hitherto unclear; therefore, we searched for additional families to elucidate...
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