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BAG3-related myofibrillar myopathy in a Chinese family.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2012
Lee H C, Cherk S W, Chan S K, Wong S, Tong T W, Ho W S, Chan A Y, Lee K C, Mak C M
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to the usual slow disease progression in myofibrillar myopathies, patients with Bag3opathy often have a rapidly progressive and more severe phenotype with a worse prognosis. We describe a Chinese patient, born to non-consanguineous parents, who first presented at age 6 with clumsy walking and difficult climbing staircase. With a history of restrictive lung disease previously diagnosed as asthma, she...
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