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Fukutin mutations in congenital muscular dystrophies with defective glycosylation of dystroglycan in Korea.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Aug 2010
Lim Bung Chan, Ki Chang-Seok, Kim Jong-Won, Cho Anna, Kim Min Jung, Hwang Hee, Kim Ki Joong, Hwang Yong Seung, Park Woong Yang, Lim Yun-Jung, Kim In One, Lee Jun Su, Chae Jong Hee
Abstract excerpt
This study was aimed to identify Fukutin (FKTN)-related congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) with defective alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation in Korea and to discuss their genotype-phenotype spectrum focusing on detailed brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. FKTN mutations were found in nine of the 12 CMD patients with defective alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation patients (75%). Two patients were...
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