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Myopathies caused by homozygous titin mutations: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2J and variations of phenotype.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Nov 2010
Pénisson-Besnier I, Hackman P, Suominen T, Sarparanta J, Huovinen S, Richard-Crémieux I, Udd B
Abstract excerpt
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2J caused by mutations in C-terminal titin has so far been identified in Finnish patients only. This may in part be due to limited availability of diagnostic tests for titin defects. In this report, a French family with an autosomal-dominant late-onset distal myopathy of the tibial muscular dystrophy phenotype segregating in several members of the family was described. One deceased...
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