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A patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy carries a TRIM32 deletion, detected by a novel CGH array, in compound heterozygosis with a nonsense mutation.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jun 2013
Neri M, Selvatici R, Scotton C, Trabanelli C, Armaroli A, De Grandis D, Levy N, Gualandi F, Ferlini A
Abstract excerpt
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2H is a rare autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy, clinically highly variable, caused by mutations in the TRIM32 gene. Here we describe a 35-years-old who experienced progressive muscle weakness. The muscle biopsy revealed an unspecific pattern of atrophic and hypertrophic fibers; the immunohistochemistry for several proteins was normal. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH)...
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