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Analysis of NCAM helps identify unusual phenotypes of hereditary inclusion-body myopathy.
Neurology - 20 Jul 2010
Broccolini A, Gidaro T, Tasca G, Morosetti R, Rodolico C, Ricci E, Mirabella M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary inclusion-body myopathy or distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (h-IBM/DMRV) is due to mutations of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene, which codes for an enzyme of the sialic acid biosynthetic pathway. By Western blot (WB) analysi...
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