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Correlation of enzyme activity and clinical phenotype in POMT1-associated dystroglycanopathies.
Neurology - 12 Jan 2010
Lommel M, Cirak S, Willer T, Hermann R, Uyanik G, van Bokhoven H, Körner C, Voit T, Barić I, Hehr U, Strahl S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in protein O-mannosyltransferases (POMTs) cause a heterogeneous group of muscular dystrophies with abnormal glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan (dystroglycanopathies). The wide spectrum of clinical severities ranges from Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS), associated with brain and eye abnormalities, to mild forms of limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to...
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