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Prevalence of congenital myopathies in a representative pediatric united states population.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 2011
Amburgey Kimberly, McNamara Nancy, Bennett Lindsey R, McCormick M Eileen, Acsadi Gyula, Dowling James J
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of congenital myopathies in the United States has not been examined. To address this, we determined the point prevalence of congenital myopathies in a well-defined pediatric population from Southeastern Michigan. The overall point prevalence was 1:26,000. Mutations in RYR1 were the most common cause of congenital myopathies at 1:90,000. Our data broadly agrees with estimates from previous European...
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