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Desmin-related myopathy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2011
van Spaendonck-Zwarts K Y, van Hessem L, Jongbloed J D H, de Walle H E K, Capetanaki Y, van der Kooi A J, van Langen I M, van den Berg M P, van Tintelen J P
Abstract excerpt
Desmin-related myopathy (DRM) is an autosomally inherited skeletal and cardiac myopathy, mainly caused by dominant mutations in the desmin gene (DES). We provide (i) a literature review on DRM, including clinical manifestations, inheritance, molecular genetics, myopathology and management and (ii) a meta-analysis of reported DES mutation carriers, focusing on their clinical characteristics and potential...
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