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DYSF mutation analysis in a group of Chinese patients with dysferlinopathy.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Aug 2013
Zhao Zhe, Hu Jing, Sakiyama Yusuke, Okamoto Yuji, Higuchi Itsuro, Li Na, Shen Hongrui, Takashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Dysferlinopathies belong to heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive muscular disorders caused by mutations in the gene encoding dysferlin. The classifications of the dysferlinopathies mainly include limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B) with predominantly proximal weakness, Miyoshi myopathy (MM) with calf muscle weakness and atrophy, and distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset (DMAT) with...
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