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Sporadic centronuclear myopathy with muscle pseudohypertrophy, neutropenia, and necklace fibers due to a DNM2 mutation.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Dec 2010
Liewluck Teerin, Lovell Tracy L, Bite Anna V, Engel Andrew G
Abstract excerpt
Dynamin 2 gene (DNM2) mutations result in an autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy (CNM) and a Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy. DNM2-CMT but not DNM2-CNM patients were noted to have neutropenia. We here report a man with paravertebral muscles hypertrophy and mild neutropenia. His muscle biopsy was typical for CNM with additional "necklace" fibers. Sequencing of DNM2 revealed a known heterozygous...
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