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Clinical and molecular genetic analysis in Chinese patients with distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2011
Li Honghao, Chen Qi, Liu Fuchen, Zhang Xuemei, Liu Tao, Li Wei, Liu Shuping, Zhao Yuying, Wen Bing, Dai Tingjun, Lin Pengfei, Gong Yaoqin, Yan Chuanzhu
Abstract excerpt
Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRVs) is an autosomal recessive vacuolar myopathy that has been reported in different ethnic populations with the common mutations of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) gene. We presented the clinical, pathological and genetic characteristics of eight Chinese DMRV patients from six unrelated families. Six previously reported Chinese DMRV...
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