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Novel GNE mutations in two phenotypically distinct HIBM2 patients.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2011
Weihl Conrad C, Miller Sara E, Zaidman Craig M, Pestronk Alan, Baloh Robert H, Al-Lozi Mohammed
Abstract excerpt
Homozygous mutations in the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene cause hereditary inclusion body myopathy type 2 (HIBM2). We describe two unrelated American patients with novel GNE mutations. While one patient followed a typical disease course for HIBM2 with an onset at age 25 and rimmed vacuole pathology on muscle biopsy, the second patient had several features atypical for...
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