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Four new Finnish families with LGMD1D; refinement of the clinical phenotype and the linked 7q36 locus.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2011
Hackman Peter, Sandell Satu, Sarparanta Jaakko, Luque Helena, Huovinen Sanna, Palmio Johanna, Paetau Anders, Kalimo Hannu, Mahjneh Ibrahim, Udd Bjarne
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The objective is to refine the clinical and morphological phenotype and the chromosomal region of interest, in the recently reported 7q36 linked autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD1 D/E), by describing four new informative Finnish families. Examinations of the patients included serum CK, neurophysiological studies, cardiac and respiratory function examinations, muscle biopsies and muscle...
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