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Limb-girdle phenotype is frequent in patients with myopathy associated with GNE mutations.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Oct 2012
Park Young-Eun, Kim Hyang-Suk, Choi Eun-Suk, Shin Jin-Hong, Kim Sun-Young, Son Eun-Hui, Lee Chang-Hoon, Kim Dae-Seong
Abstract excerpt
The gene GNE encodes a bifunctional enzyme, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase. Its mutations are found in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV) and hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM). Those disorders are characterized clinically by predominant anterior tibial muscle weakness and atrophy, and pathologically by rimmed vacuoles on muscle biopsy. We analyzed 11 Korean...
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