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Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles: clinical and muscle morphological characteristics and spectrum of GNE gene mutations in 53 Chinese patients.
Neurological research - 1 Dec 2011
Lu Xianghui, Pu Chuanqiang, Huang Xusheng, Liu Jiexiao, Mao Yanling
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) is a typical autosomal recessive hereditary inclusion body myopathy, characterized by slowly progressive distal muscle weakness with relative sparing of the quadriceps. This study aimed to investigate the variability of clinical and morphological presentation and the spectrum of Glucosamine (UDP-N-acetyl)-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE)...
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