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MYH7 gene tail mutation causing myopathic profiles beyond Laing distal myopathy.
Neurology - 24 Aug 2010
Muelas N, Hackman P, Luque H, Garcés-Sánchez M, Azorín I, Suominen T, Sevilla T, Mayordomo F, Gómez L, Martí P, María Millán J, Udd B, Vílchez J J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a wide range of clinical and pathologic myopathic profiles associated with the p.K1729del mutation in the MYH7 gene, known to cause Laing distal myopathy. METHODS: A study conducted in the Safor region (Spain), setting of a large cluster of patients. Clinical, neurophysiologic, muscle imaging, and muscle biopsy studies and MYH7 gene sequencing were investigated in 32 patients from 4...
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