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Novel LMNA mutation presenting as severe congenital muscular dystrophy.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Oct 2010
Prigogine Cynthia, Richard Pascale, Van den Bergh Peter, Groswasser José, Deconinck Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the lamin A/C gene determine a heterogeneous group of congenital diseases, termed laminopathies, consisting of more than 15 phenotypes, including autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B. Early onset in infancy has been described in these muscular dystrophies. Reported here is a 7-year-old male with congenital muscular dystrophy. Remarkably,...
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