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Modifier locus of the skeletal muscle involvement in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2011
Granger B, Gueneau L, Drouin-Garraud V, Pedergnana V, Gagnon F, Ben Yaou R, Tezenas du Montcel S, Bonne G
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in LMNA gene encoding lamins A and C. The disease is characterized by early onset joint contractures during childhood associated with humero-peroneal muscular wasting and weakness, and by the development of a cardiac disease in adulthood. Important intra-familial variability characterized by a wide range of age at onset of myopathic...
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