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X-linked myotubular myopathy due to a complex rearrangement involving a duplication of MTM1 exon 10.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2012
Trump N, Cullup T, Verheij J B G M, Manzur A, Muntoni F, Abbs S, Jungbluth H
Abstract excerpt
X-linked myotubular myopathy is a predominantly severe congenital myopathy with central nuclei on muscle biopsy due to mutations in the MTM1 gene encoding myotubularin. We report a boy with typical features of X-linked myotubular myopathy. Sequencing of the MTM1 gene did not reveal any causative mutations. Subsequent MLPA analysis identified a duplication of MTM1 exon 10 both in the patient and his mother....
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